Comments on: Google users trusted LA Times more than TMZ for Michael Jackson coverage http://bloggasm.com/google-users-trusted-la-times-more-than-tmz-for-michael-jackson-coverage Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:39:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Kurt Potts http://bloggasm.com/google-users-trusted-la-times-more-than-tmz-for-michael-jackson-coverage/comment-page-1#comment-84208 Kurt Potts Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:20:52 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=3342#comment-84208 My thinking is this. TMZ broke the news first because they could. If they were wrong people would just think "Oh well it's TMZ" But if the Times got it wrong there would be a huge backlash. I was one of the people to wait for the times before I was convinced. My thinking is this. TMZ broke the news first because they could. If they were wrong people would just think “Oh well it’s TMZ” But if the Times got it wrong there would be a huge backlash. I was one of the people to wait for the times before I was convinced.

]]> By: Chris http://bloggasm.com/google-users-trusted-la-times-more-than-tmz-for-michael-jackson-coverage/comment-page-1#comment-84206 Chris Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:02:35 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=3342#comment-84206 When I googled this, the first newspaper I got that confirmed his death was a newspaper in Singapore, refreshed and got a newspaper in Canada, and lastly refreshed and got the L.A. Times. While I am more inclined to trust the L.A. Times for a lot of my information... I have learned that in this day and age, trust is a very fragile thing. Perhaps the only people to blame for this is the media itself... When I googled this, the first newspaper I got that confirmed his death was a newspaper in Singapore, refreshed and got a newspaper in Canada, and lastly refreshed and got the L.A. Times.

While I am more inclined to trust the L.A. Times for a lot of my information… I have learned that in this day and age, trust is a very fragile thing. Perhaps the only people to blame for this is the media itself…

]]> By: MojoSteve the Lightningman http://bloggasm.com/google-users-trusted-la-times-more-than-tmz-for-michael-jackson-coverage/comment-page-1#comment-84198 MojoSteve the Lightningman Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:53:26 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=3342#comment-84198 I stand corrected. I'm a bad human. I was one of those who was flag waving at TMZ for allegedly scooping the legit media. I think with a lot of the electronic media outlets, it's such a hideously fast race to get something online to just get the traffic to their site, even if they have to later retract what they said or edit the heck out of it...but they got the traffic to their site. I stand corrected. I’m a bad human. I was one of those who was flag waving at TMZ for allegedly scooping the legit media.

I think with a lot of the electronic media outlets, it’s such a hideously fast race to get something online to just get the traffic to their site, even if they have to later retract what they said or edit the heck out of it…but they got the traffic to their site.

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