Project 1: Intro of Self, Intro of Thesis

My name is T. Fields, and I am against the following statement: Blogging has significantly impacted the print journalism industry.

It is a certifiable fact that newspaper subscription numbers have fallen significantly in recent years, but the reasons for this are nebulous at best. While some of the more obvious answers, such as internet news sources that are more up-to-the-minute and accessible, certainly have weight, other sources propose that newspapers are becoming less popular due to the obvious spin and sensationalizing forced in by copywriters desperately jockeying for a position on the front page. While this treatment of the news has been brought to light time and again, this very smearing of the truth and force-feeding of opinion is what blogging is essentially all about. I believe that blogging, while occasionally truthful and even less-occasionally useful, is all about the self-important egomaniac trying to push their shrill voice to the forefront of a crowd of people with the same sheep-like thought processes. If blogging is the death of the Associated Press, this world is headed for an ugly time in which rumors will rule the day and misinformation will be the most prominent form of information.

The best news of all is that my position will be incredibly easy to defend, given the wealth of inane bloggers out there. Good luck, all.