New vs. old media
June 18, 2009
From their inception blogs have been seen by many in the mainstream media as a threat to the future of credible journalism. The heads of newspapers, magazines, radio stations and television channels have all accused bloggers of being loose cannons who leech off the work of others and don't have the expertise to know what they're talking about.
Bloggers, on the other hand, accuse major media organizations of ignoring their audiences, misrepresenting the facts and focusing too much on turning a profit.
Laura Pintos, this week's guest on Planet Blog, is a staunch supporter of the bloggers' point of view. Titled 233grados.com, her Weblog's name plays on the temperature needed to set paper on fire.
She has aid we're all living in a digital age where the Internet is the best - and most effective - place to publish the news.