Reputations of Blogs

When I think of Blogging, I remember in high school when I would surf the Internet for online sources for research papers and all I could find were blogs. Did all of these people have P.H.D.s in the subject I was researching or experts with creditability? No. Therefore, I was not able to use any of these blogs as sources no matter how persuasive or effective they are opinions were. Maybe their credibility would have increased if they had a more appropriate user names on their blog account. They also could have earned more credibility if they had more writing etiquette or didn't display biased views. Now a days, when most people hear the word "blog" they immediately think of facebook. Is that fact dampering the reputation and privilege of citizen-journalism?

Yes. Many people do not hold any responsibility or real ethical morals behind what they say in blogs by blogging anonymously or making them viewable only to certain readers. That should automatically show that their might not be truth, balance, or fairness behind their views and that is why they are protecting their reputation. Therefore we should all monitor what we say on the world wide web that is so easy to access by millions or they should take responsibility for their opinions.