[mdlug] Is MS bribing bloggers?

[Michael Corral]

2006-12-29, Monsieur Robert Adkins a ecrit:
> Michael Corral wrote:
>> Journalism is one of those things that I think you really do need to
>> go to school and study. I knew some journalism students when I was in
>> college, and I got an idea of the kind of things they learn that would
>> separate them from just anybody with a blog. You can get an idea here:
>> http://journalism.berkeley.edu/program/overview.html
>>
>    Even going to school to learn journalism doesn't mean that the end
> result will be a journalist. I know this is only anecdotal evidence,
> however, I did date a woman who was a journalist, had a journalism
> degree and yet her news stories were highly opinionated pieces that were
> far from reporting. She was acting more as a biased pundit than she was
> acting as a journalist. Instead of the the truth of a matter, she was
> reporting an emotionalized opinion on the matter. (Which really wasn't
> that far from what you get upon many blogs.)

Oh yeah, I agree. A journalism degree is not *sufficient* to be a
journalist, but I do think it is *necessary*. The thing is, I can't
think of any bloggers who do consider themselves journalists (besides
actual journalists who just happen to also have a blog). Maybe I just
haven't read enough blogs. :)

Michael