“The Lazysphere - a working definition - is a group of bloggers who I won't name by name, but you can spot them a mile away. Rather than create new ideas or pen thoughtful essays, they simply glom on to the latest news with another "me too" blog post.” IdeasFunnyNamesGroupsNewsDefinitionsMilesSpotsPostsThoughtfulPensNew IdeasEssaysBlogsBloggingMiles AwayBloggers Author:Steve Rubel
“The work of a science blogger is largely comprised of correcting and criticizing bad science news reporting.” PainNewsTherapyInjuryCriticizeCorrectingBloggersNews Reporting Author:Steven Novella
“The more competition and the more voices - that's why I love bloggers and anything else the Internet can produce in the way of new news voices.” WayVoiceProduceInternetNewsCompetitionBloggers Author:Leonard Downie, Jr.
“Political reporters no longer get to decide what's news. The days when a minister gave briefings to a dozen lobby correspondents, and thereby dictated the next day's headlines, are over. Now, a thousand bloggers decide for themselves what is interesting. If enough of them are tickled then, bingo, you're news.” IfsEnoughPoliticalNextInterestingThousandNewsMinistersDozenReportersNext DayHeadlinesBloggersBriefingBingo Author:Daniel Hannan
“The queen of aggregation is, of course, Arianna Huffington, who has discovered that if you take celebrity gossip, adorable kitten videos, posts from unpaid bloggers and news reports from other publications, array them on your website and add a left-wing soundtrack, millions of people will come.” PeopleIfsCoursesLeftMillionsNewsWingsAddVideoPostsQueensReportsGossipSitePublicationKittenLeft WingAdorableSoundtracksBloggersCelebrity Gossip Author:Bill Keller