jollyyear I will address part of your question because it might be the most important portion. Plus the reply will be a little long.
I am a person who loves to make sure things are accurate and when I went I get involved with something I want to make sure everything is right. It bothers a lot of people, but to me being accurate is essential.
Respected mainstream newspaper have established reputations of researching and doing everything possible to make sure they have the facts. Most people trust what they read in them because of this. I'm talking about reporting of factual information rather than editorials, opinions etc.
If they happen to make a mistake they will print a correction even if it is something such as having the middle name of a person wrong.
One thing that bothers me a great deal is the fact that there are a lot of people getting their information from blogs which are written by people who are not journalists or people who aren't in the habit of making certain they have their facts straight.
A lot of people don't know what they are talking about. They express their opinions as facts or something they THINK is correct as a fact without making sure they are right.
As a result of this there are many misinformed people who depend too much on blogs as a reliable source of information.
Let me make it clear that I'm talking about when dealing in facts. Blogs that are just opinions would be a different matter. People have opinions. If people reading a blog that is just opinions, it is important that people take that into consideration.
It is difficult to fully master most topics since there often is still more to learn about the topic. A person needs to decide to make the move rather than waiting and waiting because it is possible to never be satisfied because of not knowing everything possible that their is to know about the topic.
If you are writing on a topic you know about, just make it a point to always make sure you are being accurate. If you don't know what you are talking about, don't say it until you check to make sure. If you make it a point to be accurate, you are going to gain respect.
You don't need to have a great deal of knowledge about a topic to be passionate about it. You can have a big interest in it and a desire to know more about it because of your interest in that topic. You can write about that during your learning process. Just make sure that what you write is correct, providing it is something dealing with facts.
There are people interested in learning about many different topics. Some could learn along with you as you learn more. This can provide an interesting experience. Just make sure you take the extra step to check your facts with RELIABLE SOURCES.
I once saw something that I never forgot and it is something I wish everyone, including bloggers, would remember and put into practice. It has been phrased a few different ways, but this is the general idea:
If a person doesn't know what they are talking about, the very least they can do is to shut up.
In other words, if you make it a point to be factual you should not have anything to worry about as far as what people might think.
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