Blogs Can Be Trusted, Except When They Can’t Be.

The Age published an article this morning which asks whether online readers should trust the blogs they frequent.

Populated by anyone with a viewpoint and an internet connection, it’s a daily ping-pong match of unfiltered opinion. But without the traditional checks and balances of mainstream media, can we really trust what’s being said?

The answer, says new-media commentator Mark Pesce, is yes – for the most part at least.

“There’s a great deal of oversight within the blogosphere itself,” explains Pesce, the founder of Sydney media and technology consultancy FutureSt.

“If a blogger says something that’s completely outrageous, then another blogger will take them to task on it. If someone has a reputation for being inaccurate, that will become diffusely known within the (blogging) community.”

We’ll give you the hot tip – take everything you read with a grain of salt. Most bloggers are liars. We can safely assure you that we definitely are.

(sound of gun being loaded)

Erm.

Especially if you feel we’ve ever insinuated any famous Scientologists are gay. Because they are not. They crave poontang with a frightening, feverish enthusiasm.