a journalist from Strait Times recently dished out at blogs. Her article starts with,
"I HAVE never, nor will I ever, read blogs.
Yes, I am an information snob. I prefer my writing to come in published formats: newspapers, magazines and books. As someone who grew up on a hearty diet of old media, I trust these established systems of delivering information simply because there is quality control.
When I read a newspaper, I can be assured that the journalist is subject to a code of ethics, his work has been audited by editors and his sources verified. Ditto a magazine and a book.
Blogs, however, are a Wild West frontier, a welter of undifferentiated information that blends fact with opinion with merry disregard for consequences.
No doubt there are intelligent bloggers out there. But trying to find them is akin to looking for a single brainy needle in an exceedingly large and, mostly dumb, haystack."
if she never read a blog ever, how would she know it is crap?
being a journalist that is subjected to a code of ethics with her work being audited and having her sources verified, how did she came to that conclusion when she claimed to never check blogs personally?