The Associated Press Manging Editors Roundtable Project held an online survey to see what the most active newspaper readers had to say about blogs.
They estimate that about 11 percent of internet users read blogs and about 20 percent of the group that responded also read them.

Readers who find blogs important say the online writers discuss stories mainstream journalists ignore, and are eager to question the decisions news networks make. They recognize the fallibilities that go along with blogging, but say those drawbacks are balanced out by openness, interactivity, and a communal nature that helps honesty rise to the top.