by Ralph Kinney Bennett

TechCentralStation

03/04/05

Bloggers are the best thing that has ever happened to journalism. They make a good reporter look better. They expose the phonies, the poseurs, the fast-writing conmen, with the speed of light. They give the journalist a greater access to more information and informational context than ever before. They provide swift exposure to varied points of view, and, most importantly, a constant, sometimes rough, but always important gauge of a reporter's skill, judgment, industriousness and integrity. Never before has weak reporting, biased reporting, dishonest reporting, or lazy reporting been more swiftly exposed. Indeed, the whole idea of whether journalism is indeed a profession -- or just a happy combination of craft, curiosity, cleverness and confidence tricks -- is being tested for the first time out there in the ether...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp