Comments on: Trust Me, I’m a Journalist http://twopointouch.com/2006/10/12/trust-me-im-a-journalist/ web 2.0, blogs and social media Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:35:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mediangler » Blog Archive » Grabbing the Headlines: Ten Views on Blogs and News http://twopointouch.com/2006/10/12/trust-me-im-a-journalist/#comment-847 Mediangler » Blog Archive » Grabbing the Headlines: Ten Views on Blogs and News Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:06:30 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/10/12/trust-me-im-a-journalist/#comment-847 [...] What the debate you’re about to hear tells you is that a lot of people are learning to write headlines. Contributions in declining order of snappiness and suggestiveness were: Trust Me I’m A Journalist; Why We Needs Blogs and Newspapers; A Glass House; and the more mundane but accurate: Journalistic Standards in The Blogosphere. [...] [...] What the debate you’re about to hear tells you is that a lot of people are learning to write headlines. Contributions in declining order of snappiness and suggestiveness were: Trust Me I’m A Journalist; Why We Needs Blogs and Newspapers; A Glass House; and the more mundane but accurate: Journalistic Standards in The Blogosphere. [...]

]]> By: Ian Delaney http://twopointouch.com/2006/10/12/trust-me-im-a-journalist/#comment-846 Ian Delaney Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:47:32 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/10/12/trust-me-im-a-journalist/#comment-846 Well, twice as trusted is definitely "much more", but I do take your point, Stephen. We don't have the totals, but perhaps a more interesting tack would be "Half Americans Don't Trust Any Media". I also like the distinction you make between the blogs we read every day and just doing an internet search on a subject. Would be interesting to know more about that. Well, twice as trusted is definitely “much more”, but I do take your point, Stephen. We don’t have the totals, but perhaps a more interesting tack would be “Half Americans Don’t Trust Any Media”.

I also like the distinction you make between the blogs we read every day and just doing an internet search on a subject. Would be interesting to know more about that.

]]> By: Stephen Downes http://twopointouch.com/2006/10/12/trust-me-im-a-journalist/#comment-845 Stephen Downes Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:34:04 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/10/12/trust-me-im-a-journalist/#comment-845 None of these figures shows much trust in the news media, leading me to question the statement that "traditional media are much more highly trusted than any of us lot." It would be interesting to see how these figures stacked up with your level of trust in news delivered to you from your best friend, your mother, your grocery store clerk, your local police officer, the blog you read every day, a sometime email correspondent, etc... None of these figures shows much trust in the news media, leading me to question the statement that “traditional media are much more highly trusted than any of us lot.”

It would be interesting to see how these figures stacked up with your level of trust in news delivered to you from your best friend, your mother, your grocery store clerk, your local police officer, the blog you read every day, a sometime email correspondent, etc…

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