Former California governor Jerry Brown — once a darling of the mainstream media — now has his own blog, where he can get his message directly to voters, without any interpretation by print or electronic journalists. Politicians in North Dakota, similarly, have taken to blogging to market their message. Is this a good thing? Should the political bloggers be viewed, by the public, in the same light that conventional journalists are? No, they should not, say some consumers in a surprising new survey.
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Survey Shows Some Consumers Wary of Bloggers’ Rights
Posted by: Gene J. Koprowski May 5, 2005 05:00 AMFormer California governor Jerry Brown — once a darling of the mainstream media — now has his own blog, where he can get his message directly to voters, without any interpretation by print or electronic journalists. Politicians in North Dakota, similarly, have taken to blogging to market their message. Is this a good thing? Should the political bloggers be viewed, by the public, in the same light that conventional journalists are? No, they should not, say some consumers in a surprising new survey.