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I work with newspapers for a living. I can tell you without hesitation that more than often that the stories are misleading, inaccurate and much more than one can possibly imagine.
It's only the job of the reporter/journalist to report but they don't always get the complete story, just pieces of it. So when you want to talk about credibility when it comes to newspapers, my advice is to not take everything at face's value. Read the article, then do the research and ask around, this way, you will be able to get a better idea of what actually happened.
In general, bloggers can write whatever they want to. So yes, one would be right to assume that the story may be more than often to be misleading and not the truth. But there are bloggers with a reputation enough to be trusted by a large number of readers. The wonderful thing about the blogosphere is that anybody can speak their minds and offer different perspectives on anything they wish to. We can learn much more from each other this way.
Just saying that both newspapers and blogs aren't without its flaws. Normally, I read newspapers to get the latest stories. But sometimes I do read bloggers if they have a good reptuation and sometimes they have great commentaries to offer.
We can learn a lot from both.
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