tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33244618.post744793348707992903..comments2023-12-16T00:39:47.007-08:00Comments on Lassie, Get Help: The worst...! bloggers...! in the woooorld...!!Luisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04042236324318156854noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33244618.post-10033706674959410472009-01-17T07:47:00.000-08:002009-01-17T07:47:00.000-08:00Since a certain faction of the media culture belie...Since a certain faction of the media culture believes that blogs are inferior, that bloggers are dingbats, that they focus on trivialities, etc, it's almost inevitable that their 'blogs' would reflect that. They think bloggers just broadcast whatever comes to mind in a slapdash manner.<BR/><BR/>Certainly there are hopelessly bad blogs out there run by people who can't write or have nothing to say but the same applies to news outlets.<BR/><BR/>I suspect that because they feel threatened by blogs (obvious from all the slurs and slams) they have decided to start 'blogs' in order to compete. Due to the overall disdain for the concept, and the unfounded belief that bloggers and their readers are unworthy, the 'blogs' they start reflect that point of view.<BR/><BR/>It's insulting and condescending.<BR/><BR/>It could also be possible that because they are so used to having their point of view scripted and generally have little freedom in their regular jobs, the blog is seen as a way to relax and let it all hang out.<BR/><BR/>Trouble is, things that hang out aren't always desirable.Caveathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10712858257904194590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33244618.post-63212074318726271332009-01-14T12:29:00.000-08:002009-01-14T12:29:00.000-08:00This sad trend is being called "citizen journalism...This sad trend is being called "citizen journalism" and I think it is a tragedy. <BR/><BR/>Newspapers are not the only casualty either--I forgot why I stopped watching television and the other day I attempted to watch network news and promptly turned it off for the same reason...it is not news but commentary and pop culture interest stories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33244618.post-64526225951405102542009-01-14T09:41:00.000-08:002009-01-14T09:41:00.000-08:00Word.Word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33244618.post-5344575207280863942009-01-14T09:18:00.000-08:002009-01-14T09:18:00.000-08:00Dude, totally.Dude, <A HREF="http://lassiegethelp.blogspot.com/2008/04/your-so-dum-youre-brane-is-leik-peenut.html" REL="nofollow">totally</A>.Luisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04042236324318156854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33244618.post-77741363396374975562009-01-14T09:04:00.000-08:002009-01-14T09:04:00.000-08:00What about the extinction of newspaper proofreader...What about the extinction of newspaper proofreaders, copyreaders and editors? In reading through online news stories from major papers I am floored by the grade school writing that gets published. Crap that my 8th grade teachers would have berated me for is, apparently, now acceptable to put in print.<BR/><BR/>Whassup with that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com