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Summary: In Steve Johnson's short story "Its All About Us," he describes how there is no accuracy when it comes to social media, blogs and anything else on the web these days. He continues to tell us that, "There is an undeniably a vast increase in the sheer quantity of accessibility of pure crap, even when measured against the dregs of the newsstand and the cable spectrum." In other words you can't alway believe what you read or see on the web. There are professional journalist that write about true facts and they site all their work but are getting pushed to the side because of blogs, Wikipedia and other online websites. He talks about amateur writers and professionals and how they differ. There are more amateurs out there these days then professionals. Amateurs speak their mind, whether it's talking about their local community or world news. In a way it is a good thing that people in their communities are talking because people are getting more involved. The local conversations talk about personal experiences that you can't get from experts in the media. Its not the same getting your information from someone who has not experienced it themselves. Therefore it's a good thing that we have hard working journalists and the personal opinions of the people in the community.

Respons: In my personal opinion I listen to the experts, but it is helpful to see others opinions. For example I go online all the time to look for car parts and information about vehicles, and I constantly end up in someones blog post. There is useful information occasionally but I want to see what the  professional opinion is. Meaning if I'm looking for something particular I want to be directed to the right sights and not have to fish for what I'm looking for. I want the information that I'm looking for to be accurate. I don't want to try to fix something on my car and go on You Tube to follow someone else's instructions and then have something happen to my car. It is very important to be accurate in certain things but in others its nice to have someones personal opinion. On the other hand I would like to read posts from locals about news and things that are going on in my community because it is better to hear from the source. I know sometimes that the telephone effect happens with word of mouth but when it is put on the web people can cut that wire and get the straight information with any misinterpretations. Just like the article says the people in the communities know more about the issues that are going on then someone writing a story about it. I don't believe the we are losing our experts but I do think its going to be a battle between the everyday man and the hard working journalist.