The White House Blog and the New York Times share a lot of the same information; and likely the New York Times partly feeds off of the White House Blog for information on the president’s perspective on latest bills and his activities. Because the White House Blog is a government website, people can trust the information coming from this blog more than they can trust the information from other blogs. Therefore, this blog probably has more of an impact in the press sphere as a primary source where people – including news journalists – can find information. This gives unique insight into Obama’s positions and goals that any concerned citizen would have an interest in reading, either to back up their position or disagree with Obama. For example, recently the blog posted about Obama’s position on abortion, and showed the feedback of certain organizations. The organizations displayed were only organizations that said favorable things about the president. Also, the blog keeps up with Mrs. Obama’s activities about getting the younger generation in the nation to eat healthier and get exercise. The blog is geared toward painting Obama in a positive light, so the information on the blog does display a bias that people have to balance out. I have not seen the White House blog respond to any New York Times articles or any articles from another news source as other blogs might do. The usual roles of blogging versus news reporting seem to be reversed in this situation.
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