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There's no fundamental difference between a news site and a blog. A lot of them even use the same software. News sites just tend to have lower quality entries

There's no fundamental difference between a news site and a blog. A lot of them even use the same software. News sites just tend to have lower quality entries than blogs and often engage in blogspam instead of providing links to superior sources or adding something of value. Obviously. Since they want to keep people on their site. I wonder what the average time spent on a "news article" vs. a "blog post" is.

mtberatwork 7y ago
> There's no fundamental difference between a news site and a blog. There is a difference. A blog is short for web log which implies a personal journal. Anyone can publish a blog without editorial oversight. A news site implies that professional journalists are producing reports with editorial and literary standards. Clearly many media companies blur this line though to the detriment of readers and journalists. > A lot of them even use the same software. What difference does that make? The vast majority of web sites use the same web server software (Apache/Nginx)...and the same software elsewhere in the stack.
- zcid 7y ago
  "Professional journalist" just means you're a blogger that gets paid. And everybody has standards. Some people just like to wave theirs around a little more.