Simon Jenkins, a former Times editor, told The Lords Communications Committee that blogs were like 'bar room chats' and couldn't be taken as seriously as newspaper columns, reports journalism.co.uk.
A blogger himself, he said he found the flexibility of writing a blog stimulating but wouldn't want blogs to replace 'old-fashioned' newspaper columns.
As far as I'm aware, no one is currently considering doing so.
Andrew Neil, meanwhile, raises an interesting view: "The rise of blogging and opinion outside of the mainstream has caused newspapers a problem, because quite often these blogs are more interesting than the editorials in the newspapers."
Blogs 'shouldn't replace newspaper columns'
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Blogs 'shouldn't replace newspaper columns'
Posted by Julie Starr at 1:17 PM ((•)) Hear this post
Labels: blogs, newspapers, the times, uk
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