It Ain't East Knowing Who You Can Trust: News Organizations? Bloggers? Citizen Journalists? What's a news consumer to do? by Steve Outing

Published: August 1, 2007, 1:19 pm

It Ain't Easy Knowing Who You Can You TrustNews organizations? Bloggers? Citizen journalists? What's a news consumer to do?By Steve OutingNEW YORK (July 30, 2007) -- Ah, life was so easy when I was younger. The daily newspaper was my major source of news, supplemented by the occasional TV news program, a bit of radio news, maybe Time magazine for some weekly analysis. There was no doubt about the veracity of any of those sources.But today, holy moly! I still read my daily newspaper (perhaps only because I'm middle age and it's a habit I can't break), but it's a tiny slice of my daily news and information diet. There are all the blogs, of course -- from guys and gals typing in their PJs from home, to "placebloggers" (covering their home communities independently), to niche bloggers trying to make a living from their expertise, to bloggers being paid by news or other organizations, to soldiers in Iraq blogging and spouses of soldiers, to politicians, to college students.There are all

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