Are Bloggers Journalists?

In my opinion, I don't think bloggers are journalists. Journalists find, collect and disseminate information about current events and issues. Usually what they found and let out to the public are more about general issues and are facts. On the other hand, bloggers are different because it is more personal. Bloggers write what they feel or think about on a certain event or issue and this differs with each and every blogger. Journalists are bound to a set of rules as they cannot simply write just about anything or how they want it. For example, they cannot be bias or insert foul language as it is to serve the public good. Bloggers, however, they have the freedom of speech but at the same time they shouldn't go overboard. I agree that bloggers should be legally protected but only for those who are serious bloggers. If the privilege is given to all bloggers, then it is unfair to the journalists because they can't express freely like bloggers do and yet bloggers are protected. Then, it would seem that there is no difference between a journalist and a blogger, which in fact, they do work in different ways.

Leong Lai Yee

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