Moonbats are such Boo Hockey

I support the reality view of David Weinberger and the view that traditional news media filters the information to viewers and readers. Even though I agree with most of his views I don’t agree with all of them.

I agree that when ordinary people challenge news and facts, like Wikipedia, it makes the news almost fair. That people with different opinions can agree on something. This is better than one editor or one news station telling us what is news and this is the truth of the matter.

I also agree when he said, “News will draw on social expertise rather than rely on men in a well-lit room.” I believe that people will learn more from other people’s thoughts than the thought of a select few in a newsroom.

The one view, however I don’t agree with is that all knowledge in new media will be deep. Yes, I think people will know more about specific topics of interest but they might not be well rounded with their knowledge. If a person only likes sports, they can go directly to ESPN.com and not have to deal with politics or the stock market.

I believe new media will make people’s knowledge narrow and shallow. This is the only view of Michael Keen that I support. I feel people will always need traditional media to get up to date news with facts from reporters who have the information. However, I feel like blogs and social networks are important to discuss news and get everyone’s take on a news story and not just the chosen few in a newsroom. 

Like SocialPicks, an social networking site that lets a person pick stocks and then compare them to other people’s picks on the same site. The site generates a score and ranks users on smart choices. It is sites like this that people can learn from and form their own opinions other than what is told to them.