Comments on: What We Call The News http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/03/29/what-we-call-the-news/ Marketing blog focused on marketing optimization, improving website conversion rates, search engine marketing, web analytics, word of mouth, etc. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:57:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Robert Gorell http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/03/29/what-we-call-the-news/comment-page-1/#comment-22377 Robert Gorell Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:43:34 +0000 http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/03/29/what-we-call-the-news/#comment-22377 I agree with you to an extent, Stephanie, but I'm sure we could say the same for fast food--still doesn't mean it's good for us... At some point the whole culture pays a price for not eating its vegetables, as it were. PBS's Frontline has a great series on these issues, and how the blogosphere is affecting news, called <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/view/" rel="nofollow">News War</a>. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. I agree with you to an extent, Stephanie, but I’m sure we could say the same for fast food–still doesn’t mean it’s good for us… At some point the whole culture pays a price for not eating its vegetables, as it were.

PBS’s Frontline has a great series on these issues, and how the blogosphere is affecting news, called News War. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it.

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/03/29/what-we-call-the-news/comment-page-1/#comment-22349 Stephanie Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:45:10 +0000 http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/03/29/what-we-call-the-news/#comment-22349 Ohh... that all depends on how you define "deserve". The junk news gets the ratings, after all, and plenty of people seem happy with that. Ohh… that all depends on how you define “deserve”. The junk news gets the ratings, after all, and plenty of people seem happy with that.

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