ethics
Two screens, all horror Paid Members Public
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-22-at-23.34.40.png] We live in a world where journalists hacked a murdered girl’s phone – and where the activities of a serial sexual predator like Jimmy Savile went unreported for decades. British journalism has a lot of
Journalists: Link To Win Paid Members Public
People have, on occasion, described TechCrunch (and ex-TechCrunch) writers are “bratty” in their writing style. MG Siegler does a pretty good job of proving the point in his complaints last week about the lack of credit he got from the Wall Street Journal [http://parislemon.com/post/18182094905/the-wall-street-journal-is-fucking-bullshit] : >
How Wikipedia dealt with Johann Hari Paid Members Public
Image via Wikipedia [http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Johannhari.jpg] Comprehensive account by Tom Morris of how Wikipedia volunteers deal with people who abuse the site [http://blog.tommorris.org/post/10400620996/hari-gate-behind-the-scenes-at-wikipedia] , including Mr Hari: > David r was *banned *in July. Banning is a social measure where
Hari: Knave or Fool? Paid Members Public
Journalists Johann Hari has been exposed as using others work in his own without acknowledgement, and maliciously editing Wikipedia.
Media140: The Unethical Web Paid Members Public
Warning: Liveblogging – error, omission and appalling grammar likely Claire Wardle Claire was an academic in Cardiff – deputy ethics officer – lots of conflict over journalist wanting to do illegal things in a “good cause”. On to the BBC College – where there were fights about contacting people and using materials from the
Hari-Kiri Reading Round-up Paid Members Public
So, Mr Hari has admitted to his crimes [http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/johann-hari-admits-plagiarism-and-returns-orwell-prize/s2/a546013/] , and is slinking away for retraining training in journalism. I’ve made no secret of that fact that I think his behaviour fell well below the standards we should expect of journalists, and
Five (random) thoughts about phone-hacking and ethical standards Paid Members Public
Phillips, Hari, News of the World. Not been a great week or so for journalism, has it? Five thoughts, and then I’m stepping away from this for a while: * You really don’t need 1000 words from me on this topic, because every other journalism blogger will already have
The journalism old guard needs to be "put down" Paid Members Public
Mike Arrington, founder of the hugely successful Techcrunch technology blog: > I have little hope for this industry until the last of the old guard have finally been put down. They do NOT control the news. They do NOT control opinion. They do NOT get to say who gets to
