Why People Are Turning To Bloggers.

Bloggers seem to be winning the media war. Why? Bloggers don't take the weekend off. This weekend, with record breaking winds keeping me inside, and Hubby watching NFL games non-stop, I had only the internet to turn to for news. CTV, the Globe and Mail, National Post, and I would say CBC but I never go there anymore, all had no updates during the weekend. I have also noticed that they all post articles from the "Canadian Press" verbatim, so it doesn't matter which site you go to, you get the same talking points. They are unoriginal, uninspiring and clones of the "Canadian Press".

So, turning my attention to blogs, I get new opinions on everything from global warming to the latest movie review, all in real time. Most important, blogs are starting to drive the issues. Case in point, Joanne at Blue Like You, got everyone thinking about why a judge would only count 28 out of 184 polls in declaring Ujjal a winner by 22 (reduced from 33) votes. This percolated all weekend, the MSM is now trying to catch up, and doing a really bad job of it.

You see, bloggers don't take the weekend off, as a matter of fact, because most bloggers work, the weekend is when they can blog more, not less.

On a weekend, when you are stuck in your basement, who is more current? The MSM only update their sites if a major event occurs, blogs update their sites daily, with interesting prospectives on what is happening.

Agree with their opinions or not, at least bloggers are out there for you to read. The unionized MSM had better get with it soon, because bloggers are more current and their ability to allow comments make them more down to earth.

The MSM is old and tired, and is being replaced by blogs. We suddenly started getting the Edmonton Journal delivered to our door last week, we phoned today and found out it was a one month blitz hoping that we would want to keep receiving it. HA! I prefer my trees growing in my front yard, not dead and spewing garbage called news.