Citizen Journalism

1 thing that comes to mind when i see the phrase 'citizen journalism' is STOMP. Straits Times Online Mobile Print, is Asia's leading citizen-journalism website with user-generated material fuelling its success. This means that anyone can post news whether its real or not. Therefore this site isn't professional in any way. I personally think that citizen journalism is a bad idea because it invades people's privacy. Even pointless news like 'guy to engrossed with psp game forgots to zip his pants' have been posted on to the site. Pointless news like this should not have to be posted as it will only lead to humiliation instead of benefitting anyone