What the BBC thinks of bloggers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/4696668.stm
The general view of the media:
weblogs are at best a nuisance and at worst dangerous.
the rantings and ravings either of the unbalanced or the tedious.
Mr BBC:
I regard the blogosphere as a source of criticism that must be listened to and as a source of information that can be used.
"The BBC should proactively engage with bloggers. This is a new issue for us. Some departments look at blogs, though haphazardly. But it pays dividends. The BBC is a huge impersonal organisation. It needs to come out from under its rock," he says.
As for using blogs as a source he says: "The key is careful attribution. It would be a big mistake for the MSM to try to match the blogs, but they can teach us lessons about openness and honesty. The MSM should concentrate on what it can do - explain, analyse and verify."
Yeah, we know we have the
Yeah, we know we have the best news organisation outside of Al Jazeera, you don't have to tell us ;-)
well...
the article does go on to cite some examples of bloggers having a positive impact....I actually think they are being rather generous to bloggers.
bbc link baiting again .
bbc link baiting again . Well most blogs are crap apart fromn ones likes this.
Have you read most blogs? I
Have you read most blogs? I spend most of my time reading blogs because frankly that's where most of the good stuff is. Xgl guides, funny stories, opinions, advice, there's always somethign new and interesting. An unlimited number of monkeys with typewriters will eventually produce the complete works of shakespeare. I don't have an unlimited number of monkeys, but are 6 billion super-monkeys with computers good enough? It's not shakespeare but it keeps me entertained.