The Corruption of Journalism?

While I kind of know what Kodi means when he wants us to write on the topic of "The Corruption of Journalism," I also don't know what he means, so I'll just go on the topic of blogging.

Blogging may just be "The Corruption of Journalism." It's different from the traditional making phone calls, going out and finding sources and writing an objective story in the inverted pyramid style. Some journalists may be offended by bloggers who say they're being journalists, who get credit for the work that "real" journalists do. For example, we talked about bloggers who make money selecting news stories each day and just listing good ones. Are they really journalists? Could this be the corruption of journalism?

In a sense, these bloggers are journalists because they're finding sources and they're relaying information to their readers. I understand that this may be considered a form of corruption to a pure form of journalism, but really, I don't think there ever was a pure for of journalism. Style has changed. If blogging is a form of journalism, it's a new style. If it's not, then journalists can rest assured that bloggers aren't corrupting it.