Porn? No, blogs bug me more

Porn? No, blogs bug me more
With inaccurate and inflammatory postings on the Internet, how do we keep kids from believing everything they read?
ST Life!, By Carl Skadian

THE past few weeks have thrown up another worry about children and the Internet, as if parents don't have enough on their hands.



I'm talking about blogs.

As a journalist, I'm naturally wary of blogs already, mainly because bloggers are wont to throw accuracy out the window.

That's because checking facts seems to be the last thing on bloggers' minds unlike, say, mainstream publications which, for the most part, do their darnedest to make sure what they publish is accurate.

For bloggers, saying what they feel like saying seems to be de rigueur, consequences be damned.

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No, Mr Skadian, bloggers don't say "what they feel like saying" but say what they feel and think. What we say may not be profound but we're speaking for ourselves and not for anyone else. And we value this independence and are proud of it.

If Mr Skadian wants his kids to become one-dimensional beings, go ahead. I don't think any blogger will lose any sleep over it.