Chicago Tribune: Eric 2.0: Apple’s Jobs is fine. Why didn’t anyone ask?
Sunday, 5 October 2008, 16:10 via Delicious/martinstabe
"It’s flat-out embarrassing, dangerous and a blow to the credibility of an experiment that portends to tap into the Web’s community spirit. I have no problem with the notion of citizen journalism—it’s a perfect solution for covering neighborhood news and for eyewitness reports of major events. But when it’s used to break news, as the Jobs report did, facts need to be checked first. ... CNN needs to rethink it’s citizen journalism approach. It apparently doesn’t want to take any responsibility when something goes awry. " Read More...
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