[Paridel]

Someone who cannot distinguish between excellent writing and sloppy writing on blogs, should not be in journalism at all, traditional or electronic.

I can empathize a bit with his position here. I am appalled by the poor quality I find on most blogs. Of course there are some truly excellent ones out there, but often they are terribly hard to find.

A bigger problem for me is the blogs that are mostly good. The writing isn't bad, the opinions are pretty good, but the fact checking is only 90%. I have been bitten pretty hard a few times by reading blogs, doing a little preliminary checking on my own which seemed to support the blogs facts, and then trying to talk to democrat friends about the problems with their political beliefs.

It only takes a few facts that are slightly off to convince someone you are unreliable. I have a terrific memory, and I've had to avoid a lot of blogs to prevent myself from remembering something that is only almost right.

-paridel

[RKV]

If I may offer a suggestion as how to locate top quality blogs - take a look here (links or traffic indicators are very helpful IMO). http://truthlaidbear.com/ecosystem.php