Bloggers and Journalists Separated by Sunlight
Oh, look, it's another discussion on blogs and journalism:
Many believe blogs are a dangerous direct competitor to mainstream journalism - a way for individuals and interest groups to reach around the gatekeeper function that newspapers, magazines, TV, and radio have traditionally held. Some even see them as the future of journalism; an army of citizen journalists bringing the unfiltered news to a public hungry for the inside dope.
We've said it a hundred times, and we'll say it again: Until we brush our teeth, change out of our pajamas, and leave the goddamned apartment for the sake of a story, blogs aren't going to replace journalists. We're just going to tease them.