Those harboring doubts about micro-blogging should
now be convinced that micro blogs can play an ineffective (1)______
role in mobilizing society for a just course.
Today, micro blogs have become an important new
medium for people obtain news, express their opinions, (2)______
engage in social networking and participate in public
campaigns.
For journalists, micro blogs are a source of news and a
platform for spreading news. Furthermore, the increasing (3)______
popularity of micro blogs has become a double-edge sword. (4)______
One of the top 10 phony news stories last year first
appeared via micro blog, correctly announcing the death of (5)______
legendary kung fu novel writer Louis Cha. Other micro blog (6)______
message falsely claimed contemporary online literature was
replaced modern literary works in school textbooks. (7)______
The sad thing is unusual mainstream news media face (8)______
the danger of losing sight of their own news values and
ethics. They often sacrifice their own news and reporting
agendas and devote their resources to follow up the bogus (9)______
claims of micro blogs as "potential" news leads.
As professional journalists, they should welcome
citizens joining us in reporting news. However, they should (10)______
not shirk their responsibility in making sure they get right all
the news elements: who, what, when, where, why and how.