Celebrity Gossip

Why are we even talking about this in a class called issues in broadcasting. If anyone in their right mind thinks that blogs about celebrities qualifies as news than they do not even know what news is. News is supposed to be relevant and timely. Although celebrity news may be timely it does not qualify as relevant. Then considering we are talking about blogs, I am very disturbed. Blogs although may hold some relevant information, are not a source of news. If a person involved in reporting the news tried to use a blog as a source, the editor or producer would not allow it. Blogs are a new way of distributing information but until they are regulated by a trustable person, I personally will never believe anything I read on them. Blogs are fine for gossip but when it comes to real news then leave it up to real journalists.