Political Blogs: Teaching Us Lessons about Community, Don’t Fear Twitter, etc.

All of the exerpts seemed to be directed mostly at the critcs of blogs, Twitter, & YouTube.They might also be informing the reader of the critics' viewpoints. The basic message that each author is trying to convey is to not believe everything on the Internet, always check your sources, and do not underestimate blogging, YouTube news videos, and microjournalism. Blogging is understadnably biased opinions (usually), but people should not overlook that. Blogging is not always a hot woman in her pajamas blogging about her new and improved outfits. If someone created a blog (for the right reasons), they would be able to create an online community, and even stretch to make a physical one from it. Microjournalism is also not a bad thing. Yes it is very annoying and tedious trying to fit a whole story into 140 characters, but I believe it kind of forces us to leave out the extraneous details of stories, whether news or not, and focus on the main points, whether we are journalists or not. YouTube is also not just for mindless entertainment, it contains a plethora of news sources. Usually large news stations like CNN, BBC, CBS, etc. are the most trustoworthy, but it does not end there. There are several YouTube channels created by lone people who discuss top news stories, too. While not as accurate, both allow news followers to voice their opinions in correspondance with through commenting, sharing, & rating on videos. Journalism has hit the digital age, and some traditional journalists are not too happy about that. They need to open their mind to the broad horizon of the Internet and really delve into digital and microjournalism.