From: Alphax
<alphasigmax(a)gmail.com>
Keith Old wrote:
The world is changing. Blogs are becoming more
widely read while the
mainstream media is losing its audience although obviously it is still
more
popular and will remain so.
My point remains. There are some credible bloggers and not so credible
bloggers. We should be careful in the credibility and reliability of all
the
sources and be aware of ensuring that our
references are reliable and
provide a balanced view of the topic. We owe that to our readers.
According to NPOV, all we need to do is make up some kind of reference
template for blogs, which says "this is a blog and in no way are we
responsible for it's content" - which lets the readers decide for
themselves.
No, instead we need to cite only credible sources, a category into which
blogs almost never fall.