Often the main thing you'll find on Weblogs are links elsewhere, to an article, or maybe a game , or just some random, time-wasting, but irresistibly cool Flash thingy . I like blogs, or I guess I should say I like a few blogs. But I would argue that any comparison between blog reports and straight news, on the basis of speed or anything else, misses the point. What Weblogs are really good for isn't adding to an existing media pile-on but ferreting out strange and wonderful, or merely strange and strange, things you are likely otherwise to have missed. Recently, for example, I would cite this thread on the subject of corporate theme songs, several of which you can listen to via this referenced site .
Pure gold is what that is.
Specific technology news, for example, or the deconstruction of Web marketing campaigns. Back in August, an interesting discussion picked over a Lee jeans effort that included a character named Super Greg . Anyone in the Web marketing business ought to follow MetaFilter as closely as Ad Age . Still, those are niche audiences. For the big picture, it's often worth it to trade some meta for a little more filter, which is why I read the Wall Street Journal instead of sifting through 400 trade journals every day.