Hi All,
Over the weekend, I want you to think about the role of journalism. Is an editorial in a newspaper or magazine credible just because it's in a newspaper or magazine? Why or why not? What does Frank Partsch mean when he says "editorial writers speak for institutions; a blogger speaks for herself. Her online opinion is indistinguishable from a shout in the crowd"? What makes "institutions" superior to a single blogger or a community of bloggers? You DO NOT need to answer all these questions! I just want you to think about blogging versus editorial writing.
I believe what makes something credible is who is writing the article. If there is someone random off the street writing about global warming and a scientist writing about global warming i'm probably going to believe the scientist. Editorials are kina like blogging, except its not online, but who ever is writing is writing about their opinion on things.
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