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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Blogging! Opinion vs. Fact



In March 2011 Katie Holmes filed a lawsuit against the owner of a celebrity gossip website for $50 million dollars based on a false story that she had a drug addiction.

Many bloggers stand firm behind the first amendment which gives everyone freedom of speech but why must bloggers use that freedom to print false stories about people they know nothing about?

Although we are all granted freedom of speech and the opportunity to voice our own opinions bloggers should understand that false stories about celebrities and companies taint the brand because the false story brings a negative vibe around the brand and all that are associated with it.

Bloggers, especially ones with a huge audience must realize that their audience trusts them to relay accurate news stories to them and in order to relay accurate news research must be done.

Bloggers are social media journalist so they need to treat their posts as if their posts were being printed in a magazine and newspaper!

How much influence does your favorite blogger have on you?

1 comment:

  1. Muyiwa, I like this post a lot. This is an A writing sample.

    Add the name of our blog at the end - and link to your name to your email address.

    Well done!
    Perri

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