Citation
Booth, David. "Newspapers vs. blogs: no comparison: Internet is more about sifting for truth than
surfing." National Post [Toronto, Canada] 2 Feb. 2007, Toronto ed.: DT2. LexisNexis Academic.
LexisNexis. U of California, Santa Barbara. 18 Mar. 2007 <http://web.lexis-nexis.com/
universe>.
Summary
This guy bought a hi-def TV and went online to find info about it. He was overwhelmed by the technical jargon the reviews used and thought the reviews were idiotic. He believes newspapers will live on despite the boom of the internet because they sort out the good from the bad.
Quotes
“Unfortunately, other than reviewing those few Web pages that disseminate useful information, I can offer you no formula for ferreting out the good from the truly demented. That is why, in the end, I think newspapers are going to survive the worldwide onslaught just fine.”
“Any newspaper section is only as good as its editors and writers and we at Driving are lucky to have a roster of the very best.”
Review/Analysis
Because this is just an opinion column (and a very ranty one), I don’t think i’ll use this much except to demonstrate dissenting opinion. I think he has a point, though, when he says that newspapers weed out the morons. Online, because everyone has a voice, obviously sometimes some idiots will write things. Newspapers have an advantage, though, because they have editors that can nix people if they don’t write well/honestly, and can correct errors.
