UK - Citizen journalists challenge BBC

Ah, the BBC on top of things as usual.

Blogs, citizen journalists, have been around for years and in a lot of instances doing a far better job than the BBC.

I like this bit in the article.

Secondly that user generated content is not a 'cheap alternative' to conventional, traditional journalism. The BBC's high editorial standards apply as much to material sent to us by our audience as it does to material generated by our own correspondents.

Veracity and authenticity are vital commodities in journalism be it generated by citizens or the BBC - and it takes time and effort to establish that.

The BBC obviously makes no effort and hasn't had enough time yet.
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