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| | CBS News | Blogging As Typing, Not Journalism | November 8, 2004 15:30:22 |
 | | The difference is that the bloggers aspire to being a force in our public life and claim to be at the forefront of a new political-media era. |
 | | It was clear to me, from following their efforts that night, that, unlike journalists, some blog operators who are quick to trash the MSM not only don’t care about the veracity of the stories they are spreading, they do not understand when there is a live hand grenade on their keyboard. |
 | | One of the verdicts rendered by election night 2004 is that, given their lack of expertise, standards and, yes, humility, the chances of the bloggers replacing mainstream journalism are about as good as the parasite replacing the dog it fastens on. |
| www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/11/08/opinion/main654285.shtml (1181 words) |
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