I really enjoyed watching this segment, it shows the direction online journalism is heading. But it also made me concerned about How Blogs can go off the deep-end. Gawker break all the rules of Journalism, they do not check their sources and report on rumors. But they do not stop there they take news articles from other news organization and make it their own. You would think the people working for this Blog sites would have no sort of training in Journalism, but come to find out that some employees from the blog site have a master's degree in Journalism one in particular from Columbia University. Denton's empire is estimated to be worth $300 million dollars.
Hey I love Rock Center. This is a perfect segment for our class to watch since it deals with New Media. There is something great about Denton since he realizes its a new game and the old rules rarely apply. I do think there is a lot to be learn from the business model he created but his ethics policy is purposefully weak. The brilliance with him is that hes just doing it and thinking about consequences later. I know hes fully aware that Media holds a special power of influence so it should have some type of responsibility. So far its been all petty things, but it can i see how i can be a danger to journalism.
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