tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740050130934376536.post2268659494692705594..comments2023-05-06T12:26:20.481+01:00Comments on a Stratford Conservative: The Snowstorm Plot: Bloggers 1 - Mainstream Media 0SimonSmethMachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13492411266673150211noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740050130934376536.post-89024246520983709342010-01-07T11:25:06.466+00:002010-01-07T11:25:06.466+00:00True, but then I think that there is something to ...True, but then I think that there is something to be said about a new unfiltered type of journalism and reporting that leaves you to decide whether something is true or not, to make your own mind up based on both sides of an argument and the raw information.<br /><br />There is a lot of rushing to be the first to publish a rumour online without the fact checking, but I think of new media journalism as a bit like wikipedia. It's good for getting the basics quickly but if you want the facts you go elsewhere.SimonSmethMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492411266673150211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740050130934376536.post-13246323797333383232010-01-07T10:29:03.106+00:002010-01-07T10:29:03.106+00:00I broadly agree, the mainstream media has lost the...I broadly agree, the mainstream media has lost the chase on this, and they are in a very long and painful spiral of death and denial.<br />The is however one caveat to this. Whilst their tone has become quite bitter and childish on the issue of new media they do still win on one front. This is the same reason why I wait to see BBC news rather than Sky's constant stream of rumour.<br />The mainstream broadcasters (usually) test & check the story before it goes to air, whereas new media is still full of conjecture and rumour and there is a distinct lack of quality control. <br />Until we in the new media world can learn than it is a marathon & not a sprint, that it is not about being first, it is about being accurate, it will be hard to present a consistent argument about being the new masters of media.tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16522290075913130640noreply@blogger.com