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Get used to it, Mr. Technology. Blogs and other online sources are the news reports of the future. So you'd better learn to evaluate them for their factual content now or you'll be completely flummoxed when they become the standard.
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Absolutely. This is why I attempted to evaluate this particular article, which was devoid of any factual content. The only problem will be that line of authenticity. With papers, the reporters and columnists, etc are interviewed and evaluated before they can have anything published. With a lot of these internet sources, there is nothing to stop an 8th grader from posting his thesis on the Jedi temple as it applies to the creation of the Constitution. Gossip, rumors, and slander will be part of the new wave internet media because people think that blogs are reliable sources of news.