Cnn.com has this article that talks about how bloggers posting exit polls on Novmebr 2nd were frowned upon for potentially "Affecting results. It also talks about how bloggers are making news organizations' jobs harder, and urges bloggers to have some ethical standards.
Bloggers' impact is definitely being recognized everywhere now, and the impact will only increase. It'll be very interesting to see how news organizations and other entities significantly affected by the emergence of bloggers react in the future, because at this rate they're going to have to do something eventually. On the other hand, when blogging fully latches on to kids, what's going to happen when they have a new avenue to easily communicate in large groups, anonymous to outsiders...what I'm referring to, is what are the implications going to be for high schools (which operate much differently from colleges, there are many more rules and stuff...)? Hmmm...
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