Though many in the news and journalism world continue to be incredulous over the prospect that viewer/users can distinguish truth from spin without the help of a news editor, it seems the public has a sense that journalism is vital to the future, though they want to get info from blogs, too.
More respondents (81%) said Web sites are important as a source of news, although television ranked nearly as high (78%), followed by radio (73%). Newspapers and magazines trailed – 69% said newspapers and 38% said magazines were important. While blogs were rated as important sources of news by 30% of the online respondents, they were not considered as good a news source as the backyard fence – 39% said their friends and neighbors are an important source of information.
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Barbara K Iverson 