Blogging and political journalism

WOULDN’T it be ironic if the alternative media represented by blogging/citizen journalism would just end up replicating some of the shortcomings of mainstream media?

This was the warning sounded by the editor of the BBC College of Journalism while talking about political journalism and blogging.

Here’s an excerpt from the Journalism.co.uk entry:

Speaking on a panel, at London’s Frontline club last week to mark World Press Freedom Day, Kevin Marsh said that blogging was not a panacea for political journalism.

“What is really worrying is the speed with which the political bloggers in the US and here have replicated the faults of political journalism,” he said.

“Political blogging in the States, more or less, is characterised as being a running commentary on the failings of mainstream political journalism.

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