EOJ 4-6

"today, anyone can become a media mogul even without a press office and an army of employees" 17

The iffy area of credible news:

I don't know if i would actually called "citizen journalism" necessarily credible. Yes, these sites may have credibility checks, but it all sounds like wikipedia to me. That site also has credibility checks as well. Yet, when I was searching the emo culture for a section in my IF game, I discovered information that was not only wrong, but also quite rude. There are wiki editors, but entries slip through the cracks sometimes. Do the editors of these citizen websites actually read every single article before they publish them?

Blogging is a grey area in journalism as well. Some people like Hank Green use the medium correctly and try to educate the public. However, it is also a prime breeding ground for trolls and flamers. So much so that the good outweighs the bad. A lot of people now consider blogs as inlone diaries or privare rant areas, rather than mediums for social change and education.