Google killed the Journo Star
In an article about whether Google too powerful, this made me laugh.
Often it is as far from journalism as it is possible to get, with unsubstantiated rumour, prejudice and gossip masquerading as informed opinion.
Journalism is quite capable of descending into the sticky mire of rumour, prejudice and gossip (just pick up The Sun), just blogging is capable of doing the opposite.
Clearly, blogging isn’t going to replace journalism, at least in the near future, with people always wanting to hear from an ‘official’ voice, and to suggest otherwise, is to miss the point of what journalism is.
Whether Google is too powerful or not is a subject for another day.