Original sentence: Examples include the "Rathergate" affair.In some cases weblogs, or blogs, have exposed apparent bias in mainstream news reporting
Edited sentence: As their readership increases, the big media channels cannot ignore their influence and are forced to adapt.Astute readers will look at the blogger's collective rant to discover the multiple facets of a news item, many not mentioned in the original article.However, even though blogs keep a check on the mainstream media, relying on them as a primary news source is questionable since most have a strong liberal or conservative bias.Paradoxically, it is the overt and clearly stated bias of blogs that makes them look more honest, and therefore attractive, to readers.Weblogs, or blogs, have become over the past few years a formidable screening tool against inaccuracies published by the big medias.With incidents like the "rathergate" affair, blogs have already started changing the face of the big networks