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Blogs are credible sources of news. Some bloggers have journalism credentials or experience and sources that reach out to them. You have to do some fact checking and use caution, but bloggers are often present at the creation of news.

There should be legal protection for celebrities who are frequent paparazzi targets. Paparazzi are scum of the Earth and paying for unauthorized pictures ought to be illegal.

There should be restrictions on advertisements for alcohol. I'm a beer drinker and I tend to drink beers that would never advertise beach scenes of drunk college kids with lovable pets. Kids don't need to be reminded of how much they want to go to college because of the fun college kids have with beer.

Fox News is not "fair and balanced." George Orwell probably never really believed that Republicans would adopt his warnings... thtat if you call a duck a goose often enough and invariably enough, people will believe it... or be scared to contradict it. Fox News is a duck.

Newspapers should not be publicly financed. Public finance of the main sources of journalism is a very bad idea. The public would not fund stories that are perceived to not be in the public interest. Who wants that kind of journalism?

NBC should not have rejected PETA's Super Bowl advertisement. ... to not dirty the wholesomeness of 300 lb. men desperately trying to destroy each other with the spectacle of women posing suggestively with broccoli? This is family values? Actually, PETA is laughing all the way to the bank... theirs is the Super Bowl ad that everyone is talking about.

The Internet has had a positive effect on journalism. The Internet is the most powerful and effective watchdog that could possibly have ever chomped at the asses of lazy, dishonest, and inventive journalists.

Facebook merits a higher valuation than MySpace. Facebook has more potential than MySpace. Facebook has a tremendous first-mover advantage with families across generations. If they found a way to sell a premium version for even a nominal amount, they'd make decent money.

Google should not attempt to acquire Twitter. Twitter is a feature that has taken off because of its simplicity. That also makes it really easy to duplicate - as is evidenced by the many knock-offs. If Google wanted to be in that business, they could just build a twitter-type functionality to their existing lineup. The only benefit they would get by buying twitter is no competition - which they don't need.

Newspaper organizations are necessary to maintain journalistic standards. Print or online newspapers set the standards. Without them you'd only get doublespeak like the agenda-driven, Fox News, presenting itself as fair and balanced... straight out of 1984.

Online news should not be free. You can't run a newsroom on an advertisement-only business model.

The new Facebook user interface is better than the old. I found the old Facebook more confusing than the new. I think they managed to work in a lot of complexity into something reasonably manageable.

The media does not have a social responsibility to promote positive body images. Parents have a responsibility to immunize their kids from media manipulation. What next... can't portray junkies in movies because it promotes drug addiction? Silly....

States should charge sales tax for online purchases. Why have a double-standard that hurts the people that bring jobs into your local economy? Would you really prefer that people buy from Amazon than Mom and Pop?

Tim Russert's death did not merit the media coverage it received. I can't say I knew much about Tim Russert or even ever watched him at all. I have no idea how his death could possibly have been turned into something significant to the country. It's great that people mention him, but there's no reason for some big memor

Television news should entertain as well as inform. Unfortunately, any news that fails to entertain won't be watched by anybody. The trick is to be entertaining just to the extent necessary. The problems are the outlets that make entertainment drive news. Of course, these are nowhere near as problematic as

The American news media did not appropriately handle coverage leading up to the war in Iraq. If they had, Bush would be in federal prison instead of awaiting a presidential pardon.

Consolidation has a negative effect on the media. In terms of actual "news" organizations, it has a chilling effect. It's not reasonable to expect independence from people that are going to get fired if they don't fall in line with corporate expectations.

Print newspapers will become obsolete. There is a simple technological reason - it will one day be as convenient to have an online thing in your hand that is as lightweight and easy on the eyes as a newspaper... and on which you don't have to practice the dreaded "subway fold" searching out th

Journalists should reveal the identities of anonymous sources who have misled them. Most definitely. Anonymity is granted with rights and responsibilities. If major news organizations adopted this as a policy, leaks that are reported anonymously would carry actual weight - since there would be an expectation that the leaker knows he's go

The Vanity Fair photos featuring Miley Cyrus were not appropriate. If she's too young to have a sex life, she's too young to take sexy pictures.

Laws allowing journalists to protect confidential sources should apply to bloggers. I'm changing my mind on this one. There's no reason that somebody should be compelled to testify to anything unless they themselves have committed a crime.... I may or may not be doing "the right thing" by protecting a source, but it should be up to me. O

Citizen journalism has a positive effect on news reporting. I have to think that more perspectives are better than less. In particular when you're talking about "news" as opposed to "analysis", anybody on the scene with a cell phone camera can capture moments that are otherwise lost.

The news media should not cover celebrities' personal lives. This is wrong on so many levels!!! First, celebrities' personal lives are not "news", but gossip. Second, minding the affairs of others - while perfectly legal - is undignified and offensive, damaging to society and a personal admission that you "have no

Paparazzi should be required to obtain permission from the people they photograph.

Don Imus' comments regarding the Rutgers women's basketball team do warrant his termination.

It should not be illegal for convicted sex offenders to take part in public Internet forums.

Congress should pass legislation to mandate network neutrality on the Internet.

I regularly read blogs using an RSS reader.

Internet gambling should be banned.

The media is politically biased, but both sides balance one another out.

Any publisher of leaked information always should have the right to maintain the confidentiality of his source.

UNKNOWN: Do you feel secure using Craigslist for transactions?

UNKNOWN: Should TechCrunch have published internal Twitter documents leaked to them by a hacker?

UNKNOWN: Which evening network news anchor do you trust most?

UNKNOWN: Which social networking site do you prefer?

UNKNOWN: Is Diane Sawyer a good replacement for Charles Gibson as anchor of ABC World News?

UNKNOWN: Will Facebook reach 1 billion users?

UNKNOWN: Which online video hub merits a higher valuation?

Newspapers should not be publicly financed. Public finance of the main sources of journalism is a very bad idea. The public would not fund stories that are perceived to not be in the public interest. Who wants that kind of journalism?