Sam: Journalists Can’t Do It All

There is only so much a blogger can do. I’ve seen bloggers expose tons of stories, and those bloggers were chased by reporters from the traditional media (who probably had so much going on they couldn’t focus on this one issue like the blogger could). They’re valuable. Back in the day, bloggers simply would have been sources for journalists. But it seems the public has been told that journalists are flat-out biased in everything they do, so they can’t be trusted to be approached to look into things (I still have plenty of people coming to me each day for this, but I think less than perhaps before the advent of the Internet). Rather than coming to me with a tip, the blogger might simply complain on a blog that I’m not covering something (for the record, I cover seven cities, a county, six state legislators, a U.S. Congressman, pipeline safety and elections)/ Sam . More here . And: here .