While I get what you're saying, this form of blogging is closer to opinion pieces, not journalism; it's why news papers formerly segregated the op-ed pieces fro

While I get what you're saying, this form of blogging is closer to opinion pieces, not journalism; it's why news papers formerly segregated the op-ed pieces from the rest of the paper, as it's less about a journalistic investigation and more a writing opining/pontificating. Blogging can have all sots of forms, some closer to news, some closer to personal diaries/journals. Based on the piece, this is closer to the latter, someone's personal experience made public. I realize that nowadays it's not as clear cut when you're reading an op-ed and when you're reading a piece of news, and sometimes it seems like authors try to blur the lines, but the distinction exists for a reason. The author of the piece did not really seem to try to make this anything more than "this is my story", which should set the tone and understanding of the writing he's about to present.