Are bloggers journalists?

To me, I don't really agree that blogger are journalist, some way and somehow they look like a journalist but actually still far from becoming a journalist. Anyone can become a blogger but becoming a journalist must be undergo some training before can really become one of them.

Some people look blogger just as same journalist because they both post something but blogger can simply post any topic or event already happened , while journalist have to go through some process or step as they learn to become a journalist. As you can see the different quality and the way of present it from blogger and journalist is different, eg, blogger usually update their blogs straight away once they are in front of their PC, while journalist will do researches before post any topic.

A journalist will write and post something that will let other readers to think or understand some theories or facts, while blogger write and post something that only related to themselves and usually are jokes or nonsense but this doesn’t means that I don’t respect blogger because come blogger start by blogging before becoming a journalist like pre-training. A journalist can’t simply write or post something because their post or article will affect themselves as a journalist and most probably will get arrest by police ; on the other side blogger can simply post any joke that related to the government or religion, after the discussion blogger can simply delete the post and act as NOTHING happened. What I’m trying to say is journalist hold great responsibility than blogger.

One thing that shows a huge gab between blogger and journalist is some blogger often post something as a 'spoilers' or 'anonymous' and disturb on stick their xxx into other people's business, and then invade other peoples privacy. The government should take action by blocking those 'spoilers' and 'anonymous' IP address from surfing the internet for few days as a warning, or allow the other people to send reports about abusing the blog.

As a conclusion, I still can’t agree that journalist and blogger are the same though they have the similar ways like they like to share what they know about .In the end, both journalist and blogger will earn their respect on other different ways.