Blogs and News: What’s the Difference?
Distinguishing Blogs from News
By: Anthony Austin
The “Republican” Affliction
Mar 5, 2008 | 8:41 PM
Category: Political
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“I wandered into the office the morning after the Texas presidential primaries ready to talk about what I considered a stunning upset.Though I wasn’t necessarily championing Obama as my own candidate of choice–I was sure he was going to win the Democratic bid in Texas. And that would be OK with me. Right now, I would favor any one of the candidates over Hillary–save for Nader. But is he even still around? I think his name is forever blazoned on the ballot….”
This is an excerpt from a blog on myfoxdfw.com,the local fox affiliate website in Dallas. The question was asked how do you tell the difference between a blog and a news article. The answer is quite obvious to me. You can tell above that the blogger uses the phrases like ,”I think”, “I considered”. A professional journalist should never use those phrases. We should always be objective. You can tell that the blogger is inserting their personal opinion. A journalist does not insert their personal opinion. When you’re reading a news article, you should feel that the article is stating the facts, just the facts.
Also, this blog was clearly labeled as a blog under the blog tab. A profile of the person who blogs also shows up and a description of them. A person can tell they are not an actual journalist.
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