http://reputation.com/blog/2009/05/28/is-google-the-enemy-of-the-truth/ ReputationDefender Blog | Online Privacy, Online Reputation Management, Identity Management Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:09:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://reputation.com/blog/2009/05/28/is-google-the-enemy-of-the-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-8813 Reputation.com Blog : Two Excellent Perspectives on Internet Culture Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:05:09 +0000 http://www.reputationdefenderblog.com/2009/05/28/is-google-the-enemy-of-the-truth/#comment-8813 [...] The second article, “The News About the Internet,” by Michael Massing for the New York Review of Books explores the role the Internet, particularly blogs, play in the dissemination of news. I explored this topic myself in a recent post here at the Reputation.com Blog. [...] [...] The second article, “The News About the Internet,” by Michael Massing for the New York Review of Books explores the role the Internet, particularly blogs, play in the dissemination of news. I explored this topic myself in a recent post here at the Reputation.com Blog. [...]

]]> http://reputation.com/blog/2009/05/28/is-google-the-enemy-of-the-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-7620 Brennan Sat, 30 May 2009 16:24:11 +0000 http://www.reputationdefenderblog.com/2009/05/28/is-google-the-enemy-of-the-truth/#comment-7620 I think the falling of newspapers can be dangerous to journalism to a certain degree like you said. I have seen false stories being posted about my clients by numerous bloggers who have influence and no one reading the blog post wants to do any research on their own. The largest news blog on the internet, The Huffington Post, is one of the only ones who can afford to put real journalists (or bloggers) out on the streets to investigate. I think it does make it a more dangerous online world for a business owner or even individual because if someone is better at optimizing the search engines then when employers, customers, etc look you up they may see something that never even really happened. I think the falling of newspapers can be dangerous to journalism to a certain degree like you said. I have seen false stories being posted about my clients by numerous bloggers who have influence and no one reading the blog post wants to do any research on their own. The largest news blog on the internet, The Huffington Post, is one of the only ones who can afford to put real journalists (or bloggers) out on the streets to investigate. I think it does make it a more dangerous online world for a business owner or even individual because if someone is better at optimizing the search engines then when employers, customers, etc look you up they may see something that never even really happened.

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