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No, I'm not talking about that great . I'm, of course, talking about the most recent study where we the media try to prove that we're more important than bloggers.

Catching up on my blog reading this morning, Tom over at Random Acts of Reality let me know , and certain issues that he might have in trusting the mainstream media. Note: My friends over at ´óÏó´«Ã½ News actually do read blogs and to name the right Zoe.

Chris and I had a quick chat via e-mail about this study, and he said:

I mean people don't trust "blogs" - which blogs? It's like asking people if they trust "bid up TV" as a news source and then saying that therefore people don't trust TV News

Personally, my view: "Hmmm...I wonder if it's that time of the year when the media are setting their ad rates?"

Seriously, I'm a journalist and a news junkie. There are journalists who I trust, and journalists who frankly I don't trust any farther than I can throw them, which for some of them isn't very far.

Trust blogs? For one, blogs are a technology to me. So, asking me if I trust blogs is sorta like asking me if I trust a dish washing machine. Hold tight for an analogy shift. Now, I trust a dishing washing machine to wash my dishes, but I don't trust it, say, to advise me on my finances. Bloggers. I trust Tom to tell me what it's like to be an ambulance driver in London. But I might not trust Tom to tell me about the Supreme Court of the United States like I trust the folks at to tell me their view about the Supreme Court. (Scotus=Supreme Court of the United States. Get it?) But Tom never advertised himself as an expert on the Supreme Court so it doesn't affect how much trust I have in Tom. Make sense?

At any rate, what do you think? Who can you trust? Who do you trust?