All of the major breakthroughs that have occurred throughout history due to intelligent independent bloggers/journalists who wrote for the sake of the people and hard-hitting journalism — Salam Pax and his Invasion of Iraq posts, the posts regarding the July 7 London bombings, posts about the news occurring and the lists of survivors of 9/11, etc. — have given us a closer, in-depth view of these events than any mainstream media outlet would.

After reading a lot of blogs recently, I did notice that although this type of news contains a little bit more bias than other news outlets, the perspective is articulate and sides with that of the people. The Salam Pax blog contained posts about what was happening on the other side during the war — during the bombing, from a ground-view. He was part of the armed forces but he was able to give intel and insight that no journalist had access to. He is a perfect example as to why independent bloggers are important to the world of journalism, whether mainstream media agrees with it or not. The people have their opinions and it is a journalist's job to listen and inform, not correct.