http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2006/07/05/sunday-telegraph-editor-tell-us-what-we-dont-know/ This is a conversation. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:51:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2006/07/05/sunday-telegraph-editor-tell-us-what-we-dont-know/#comment-83 Anonymous Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:56:00 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com/2006/07/05/sunday-telegraph-editor-tell-us-what-we-dont-know/#comment-83 There is a danger in making the means of presentation the arbiter of truth, rather than the content. For most reporters in the field the satisfaction of getting the story has always been more important than its' presentation. You file it and go for a drink. <br/>Blogs are just as open to propagandists as newspapers. Why should the two be in conflict, apart from in narrow commercial terms. What should drive any blogger or editor is the exposure of truth and providing information, explanation and entertainment. And on that all media should be judged There is a danger in making the means of presentation the arbiter of truth, rather than the content. For most reporters in the field the satisfaction of getting the story has always been more important than its’ presentation. You file it and go for a drink.
Blogs are just as open to propagandists as newspapers. Why should the two be in conflict, apart from in narrow commercial terms. What should drive any blogger or editor is the exposure of truth and providing information, explanation and entertainment. And on that all media should be judged

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