Newspaper Warns Younger Readers to Beware of Blogs

Newspapers are in a precarious situation not only as they cope with bloggers/citizen journalism, but with the Internet overall. With any major change in the way consumers get their news, it's only natural that some will diss it.

The latest is The Missouri Valley Times. They are pleading with their younger readers to "not believe everything you read-especially if it is in a blog. Hold your favorite writer to a standard of truth you'd expect from us."

Unfortunately I find this unrealistic. It's not right to uphold bloggers to the same standard of truth as the mainstreamers. They're not trained in the 5Ws. Bloggers are simply using the online media to share. As more consumers read blogs these silly admonitions will eventually subside and big media will learn to live with blogs they way they are.