The reading focused around how blogging seems to be taking over the media and how people are receiving news and information. I couldn't agree more but people still rely on mainstream media as they always have. Bloggers are able to talk about the story quicker and easier because everything is right on the internet for them. On a number of occasions I would read a story at a popular Boston blogging site Barstoolsports.com and a few days later that same story will either be on ESPN or CNN or other news stations, reporting the same story only the news only reports while blogs react to whatever happened. While a lot of people read the stories in blogs first they will still watch the news at a later date and get an "updated" version of the story. I feel that people feel more comfortable with hearing it from a news station rather than reading it on a type of site where anyone can chime in with their own two cents. Do I feel that mainstream media stations are going to go out of business to blogs? It is a possibility but it will not happen soon. Most people do not like reading about other people’s opinions they just want the news; however, a lot of those people want their opinion to be heard and that is why there are so many blogs, which is not a bad thing.
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