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Does the public trust bloggers?

By Kevin OKeefe

The answer to that question breaks along the same line as when people are asked if they trust congress. The answer is no, but they trust their own congressperson by electing them again and again. The net's been a buzz this week about a recent Forrester report posted by Jeremiah Owyang finding the public doesn't trust bloggers as much as other sources when commenting on products or services. The problem with the survey's findings is the question asked, 'Do you trust bloggers?' What what if the question had been, as suggested by Joshua Porter, 'Do you trust bloggers who you read regularly/subscribe to?' Of you course you do. Why else would they read them? Bill Ives cites two commenters to Jeremiah?s post to further make the point. From Jon Montjoy: Contrary to what you may imply, you are trusted by many of your readers...continue to full post

Full post as published by Real Lawyers : Have Blogs on May 05, 2008 (boomark / email).