Comments on: Wednesday Morning Link Fest: Granville, Garbage and Google http://www.miss604.com/2008/01/google-news-blogs-included.html Vancouver Blog Miss604 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:25:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeffery Simpson http://www.miss604.com/2008/01/google-news-blogs-included.html#comment-5128 Jeffery Simpson Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:57:54 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/2008/01/google-news-blogs-included.html#comment-5128 Michael: Well not CNN, but you have to admit that while bloggers are great for re-typing press releases for the most part the real journalism is happening at the press level. If what you want is a rumor about the new Apple tablet computer, then it's a blogger you want to see. If you want a reasoned and researched piece on the dangers of the chemicals used in batteries then you'll want to go to major media. Bloggers do some things great, but at the end of the day so few of them do anything that would actually be termed news. That's not their fault, but a fact that to really break a news story takes leg work and resources that most of us can't devote to it on any regular basis. I read blogs more than I read papers, but if I want to find out what's going on in the world I'll still head over to the Guardian or to the Globe and Mail to find out what that is. Michael:

Well not CNN, but you have to admit that while bloggers are great for re-typing press releases for the most part the real journalism is happening at the press level. If what you want is a rumor about the new Apple tablet computer, then it’s a blogger you want to see. If you want a reasoned and researched piece on the dangers of the chemicals used in batteries then you’ll want to go to major media.

Bloggers do some things great, but at the end of the day so few of them do anything that would actually be termed news. That’s not their fault, but a fact that to really break a news story takes leg work and resources that most of us can’t devote to it on any regular basis.

I read blogs more than I read papers, but if I want to find out what’s going on in the world I’ll still head over to the Guardian or to the Globe and Mail to find out what that is.

]]> By: Michael Kwan http://www.miss604.com/2008/01/google-news-blogs-included.html#comment-5127 Michael Kwan Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:04:27 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/2008/01/google-news-blogs-included.html#comment-5127 The differentiation between "media" or "news" and a "blogger" is really starting to show everywhere. I recently attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas and they gave out different badges to "bloggers" and "press", even though many of these bloggers work for websites that are arguably bigger and more definitive than mainstream media. Real geeks read their stuff on Gizmodo, Phone Scoop, Mobile Magazine, and so forth. They don't get their tech news from CNN. The differentiation between “media” or “news” and a “blogger” is really starting to show everywhere. I recently attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas and they gave out different badges to “bloggers” and “press”, even though many of these bloggers work for websites that are arguably bigger and more definitive than mainstream media. Real geeks read their stuff on Gizmodo, Phone Scoop, Mobile Magazine, and so forth. They don’t get their tech news from CNN.

]]> By: Jeffery Simpson http://www.miss604.com/2008/01/google-news-blogs-included.html#comment-5126 Jeffery Simpson Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:17:11 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/2008/01/google-news-blogs-included.html#comment-5126 In print it would be libel. That is if it is not an opinion and is not true. Trust me call if you ever write a negative piece about Ernst Zundel in this country you'll be well aware of the ins and outs of libel law by the time you're done. --- At Metroblogging things we post in the "News" category gets submitted to Google News for review. The thing is for the most part what we do isn't news, it's linking to or commenting on news. None of us act in the capacity of reporter, actually developing the story and talking with people involved. If we developed more actual news stories then we'd be showing up in there more often. In print it would be libel. That is if it is not an opinion and is not true. Trust me call if you ever write a negative piece about Ernst Zundel in this country you’ll be well aware of the ins and outs of libel law by the time you’re done.

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At Metroblogging things we post in the “News” category gets submitted to Google News for review. The thing is for the most part what we do isn’t news, it’s linking to or commenting on news. None of us act in the capacity of reporter, actually developing the story and talking with people involved. If we developed more actual news stories then we’d be showing up in there more often.

]]> By: Daniel Quinn http://www.miss604.com/2008/01/google-news-blogs-included.html#comment-5125 Daniel Quinn Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:48:53 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/2008/01/google-news-blogs-included.html#comment-5125 I can't speak for BlogTO, but I know that Torontoist operates much like a "real news site" in the sense that they have a reasonably long list of contributors who are repeatedly reminded that Torontoist is a job and not a hobby -- granted, and unpaid job, but a job nonetheless. They also have a reasonably strong track record of reporting on things happening before the mainstream media catches on. Many of the writers for instance are heavily involved in a number of facets of the community (politics, activism, etc.) and so they are the first people called by regular citizens when they see something happening. I can’t speak for BlogTO, but I know that Torontoist operates much like a “real news site” in the sense that they have a reasonably long list of contributors who are repeatedly reminded that Torontoist is a job and not a hobby — granted, and unpaid job, but a job nonetheless.

They also have a reasonably strong track record of reporting on things happening before the mainstream media catches on. Many of the writers for instance are heavily involved in a number of facets of the community (politics, activism, etc.) and so they are the first people called by regular citizens when they see something happening.

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