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By Ed Oswald | Published July 31, 2006, 12:08 PM
Cable news network CNN plans to join the user-submitted content movement on Monday by introducing CNN Exchange, an area where viewers will be able to submit their own articles, pictures and video. The effort would be the largest commitment to "citizen journalism" by any major news organization.
A dedicated staff will sift through submissions and post the best to its various properties, including CNN's television networks, radio properties and CNN.com.
The network hopes that citizen journalists will come to them, rather than the company having to browse through social video sites like YouTube and others to find videos for its newscasts.
Throughout the Israel-Lebanon conflict, the site has turned to these sites for videos that show a more personal perspective of the fighting. While blogs have also played a role in describing what is occurring, networks are increasingly turning to user-submitted multimedia to tell the story.
The Web site is located at CNN.com/exchange and will act as a central clearinghouse for all of the network's citizen journalist activities, including text, pictures and video. CNN is also using the site to promote its blog offerings, as well as other citizen journalist sites on the Web.
Just what we need another on line edition
of Aljazeera.
Aljazeera.net English-home page
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hmmmm sounds like another digg wanna be!!!
I wouldn't blame them, everyone rides on someone's else innovation. Heck it's what keeps the IT business moving.
Also wonder if they will sensor submitted article.
"cuz we all trust CNN............. right???"
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"cuz we all trust CNN............. right???"
Please...I'm only aloud to laugh so loud around here, and yer pushing it.
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Oh yeah, like I'm going to get news from an American cable channel, conservative at that. Are they still cheerleading Dubya's wars and hosting Ann Coulter every week?
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i think you're thinking of FOX.
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vicious circle, since digg and /. are often cnn piggybacks.
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And CNN won't be paying those submitting contents to them, so they keep earning out of some added free workforce. They will start firing their own employees soon if the trick works...
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CNN. The new and improved Digg. (Cuz it's not like they could make it worse....)
In other words, it's no longer a news site, since user-submitted content will likely be rife with errors, bias...oh wait... It'll be damn near exactly what it is now...if not more so.
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CNN-- Because we'll trust news from just about anyone else but FOX.
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I wonder if anyone will just submit http://www.digg.com every day?
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LOL... them and Slashdot everyday.
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