Some blog readers are skeptics. They read blogs to get an honest, alternate viewpoint, not what Big Business wants you to hear. As Anton Zuiker has observed:
Another important reason to read weblogs is the state of the media today – corporate behemoths own the major outlets of our news and opinion and entertainment. The nanopublishing revolution of weblogging allows individuals an inexpensive and simple way to reach millions of readers. Some are even using weblogs to keep the established media honest, in a trend called 'watchblogs.'When dealing with people she didn't trust, my mother would often remark, "You have to take what she says with a grain of salt" or "You can't believe everything you hear." Television detectives remind us to "follow the money," because profit motives can lead to deception and even (gasp) murder.
It's good to have information sources that aren't on somebody's payroll, and whose investment portfolios are not connected to a specific product or point of view.
Today's Links
Technorati's Top 100 - A blog list which is updated daily.
The Two-Way. National Public Radio's newsblog, with breaking news, analysis, and readers' comments. As NPR says, "We're counting on you to keep us honest."
Bibliography
Zuiker, Anton. "Why Read a Blog." BLOGGING101. 27 Feb. 2004. Web. 8 Nov. 2010. <http://www.unc.edu/~zuiker/blogging101/readwrite.html>.
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