Comments on: Washington Post lays down the Internet law http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/ Where TV Finds the Future Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:42:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: elephantgirl http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-1041004 elephantgirl Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:39:10 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-1041004 trust night global joke all trust night global joke all

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-403465 Anonymous Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:44:11 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-403465 Reporters often go on television and radio and offer "analysis" that they would never print in a newspaper story. Would that run afoul of item 7 if done in a web chat or blog post? Reporters often go on television and radio and offer “analysis” that they would never print in a newspaper story. Would that run afoul of item 7 if done in a web chat or blog post?

]]> By: Tim http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-402290 Tim Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:56:29 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-402290 One thing that's not on there, should be, but apparently it's not there in my local paper's rules either: a spell-checker is NOT enough! I have seen so many glaring examples of homonym confusion it's not funny - "meat" vs. "meet" for example. If I can't trust you to get the words right, how do I know I can I trust you to get the news right? One thing that’s not on there, should be, but apparently it’s not there in my local paper’s rules either: a spell-checker is NOT enough! I have seen so many glaring examples of homonym confusion it’s not funny - “meat” vs. “meet” for example.

If I can’t trust you to get the words right, how do I know I can I trust you to get the news right?

]]> By: tdc http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-401538 tdc Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:51:29 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-401538 yep, it's there. use the link to washingtoncitypapers that don has provided. yep, it’s there.

use the link to washingtoncitypapers that don has provided.

]]> By: tdc http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-401531 tdc Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:48:19 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-401531 did i see a line that said they would educate 'interested' reporters, photographers, etc. to do the web? every one of them better be 'interested' in learning or retirement. did i see a line that said they would educate ‘interested’ reporters, photographers, etc. to do the web?

every one of them better be ‘interested’ in learning or retirement.

]]> By: G http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-401530 G Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:43:23 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-401530 At my former station in a less-than-wired market we broke the news online, but we held on to exclusives until the the newscast, started as directed by the GM and ND. We were a strong but distant #2, and the #1 would always jump on any news we broke on the site and then bigfoot us for the credit. At my former station in a less-than-wired market we broke the news online, but we held on to exclusives until the the newscast, started as directed by the GM and ND. We were a strong but distant #2, and the #1 would always jump on any news we broke on the site and then bigfoot us for the credit.

]]> By: chris http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-401457 chris Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:16:39 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-401457 True. True.

]]> By: Don Day http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-401415 Don Day Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:42:17 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-401415 ...not everywhere Chris... …not everywhere Chris…

]]> By: Chris http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-401384 Chris Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:57:20 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-401384 Sorry, Steve. Gotta disagree, and that's maybe because I run a newspaper Web site. Objectivity and defending against bias in our reporting is why our audiences tell us they trust us. And - last time I checked - newspaper.coms far outstripped any other online source of local news, at least in the US. Sorry, Steve. Gotta disagree, and that’s maybe because I run a newspaper Web site. Objectivity and defending against bias in our reporting is why our audiences tell us they trust us. And - last time I checked - newspaper.coms far outstripped any other online source of local news, at least in the US.

]]> By: Steve Boriss http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-401203 Steve Boriss Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:01:57 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/07/05/washington-post-laws-down-the-internet-law/#comment-401203 Sounded perfect until #7: "7. We recognize and support the central role of opinion, personality and reader-generated content on the Web. But reporters and editors should not express personal opinions unless they would be allowed in the newspaper, such as in criticism or columns." In the end, this continued insistence that they and their reporters can produce "objective" news, that fact and opinion can be separated, and that even if they could their readers would prefer it will be the death of newspaper-generated online news. (Steve Boriss, TheFutureOfNews.com) Sounded perfect until #7:
“7. We recognize and support the central role of opinion, personality and reader-generated content on the Web. But reporters and editors should not express personal opinions unless they would be allowed in the newspaper, such as in criticism or columns.”
In the end, this continued insistence that they and their reporters can produce “objective” news, that fact and opinion can be separated, and that even if they could their readers would prefer it will be the death of newspaper-generated online news. (Steve Boriss, TheFutureOfNews.com)

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