Comments on: Notes for 1/13/2008 http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2008/01/13/notes-for-1-13-2008/ The official blog of Mack D. Male, an Edmonton blogger. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:10:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adam Snider http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2008/01/13/notes-for-1-13-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5021 Adam Snider Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:55:00 +0000 http://~/2008/1/13/notes-for-1-13-2008/#comment-5021 Unfortunately, until people start to see that (some) blogs are just as valuable and reputable as the mainstream media (and sometimes more so), all it will take to discredit the entire 'blogosphere' is a single high-profile blog doing something stupid like this. <br> <br>Hopefully, as blogs continue to become more and more mainstream, that will stop being the case. After all, if the New York Post had done something like that, you wouldn't hear anyone claiming that newspapers couldn't be taken seriously. They'd only be saying it about the Post in particular, not all papers. The same will probably be true of blogs in the very near future. Unfortunately, until people start to see that (some) blogs are just as valuable and reputable as the mainstream media (and sometimes more so), all it will take to discredit the entire ‘blogosphere’ is a single high-profile blog doing something stupid like this.

Hopefully, as blogs continue to become more and more mainstream, that will stop being the case. After all, if the New York Post had done something like that, you wouldn’t hear anyone claiming that newspapers couldn’t be taken seriously. They’d only be saying it about the Post in particular, not all papers. The same will probably be true of blogs in the very near future.

]]> By: Mack D. Male http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2008/01/13/notes-for-1-13-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5020 Mack D. Male Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:26:06 +0000 http://~/2008/1/13/notes-for-1-13-2008/#comment-5020 No worries, it was a really good series! <br> <br>Yep, though it sucks that everyone has started saying "bloggers can't be taken seriously" instead of just Gizmodo. No worries, it was a really good series!

Yep, though it sucks that everyone has started saying "bloggers can’t be taken seriously" instead of just Gizmodo.

]]> By: Adam Snider http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2008/01/13/notes-for-1-13-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5019 Adam Snider Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:29:50 +0000 http://~/2008/1/13/notes-for-1-13-2008/#comment-5019 Thanks for the link, man. <br> <br>Also, that Gizmodo stunt was pretty lame. To paraphrase one of the people who commented on the post: Gizmodo proved why they cannot be taken seriously as journalists by doing what they did. Thanks for the link, man.

Also, that Gizmodo stunt was pretty lame. To paraphrase one of the people who commented on the post: Gizmodo proved why they cannot be taken seriously as journalists by doing what they did.

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