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Tuesday, November 6 new news
was just taking a read over at ocean guy and ocean guy writes about a new form of media read on.. "Those of us who blog or follow blogs have long recognized that the traditional media… The Mainstream Media… is no longer the gatekeeper of the news, despite the way they try to hold on to that power. The New York Times and CBS, among others, have been slow in recognizing it… And even blogs are only a small part of the “new media.” Yesterday, I had a brief glimpse of the new media working to spread the news. My daughter brought a few friends home for a weekend break from the University of South Carolina. They came to see what the Georgia Florida Game weekend was all about… and by all accounts had a great time. But by 10:00 yesterday [Sunday] morning, things started changing. That’s when the first text messages and phone calls brought them the news of a fire at a beach house in North Carolina. Not all of the reports were accurate, and it took a while for the stories to come together… 6 missing… 7 missing… 6 dead… 4 got out… but the information kept flowing. Their network of friends was getting the story out through their cell phones and blackberries. It would be several days before the names would be released. But through cell phones and IM’s and facebook, the story and names were already widely known" thanks ocean guy so what do you use as a source for news? how do you trust? all the mainstream media seems to slant so far one way or the other blogs now seem to be the only honest source
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