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Press does what press does. It was his fault for being irresponsible.
by junelin 16y ago
Press does what press does. It was his fault for being irresponsible.
- techiferous 16y agoIt's probably most accurate to say that the blame is shared.
- eli 16y agoI don't think that's fair. What Gizmodo did would violate the ethics policy of any serious news gathering organization. I don't consider them press.
- albertsun 16y agoCable/TV News fairly regularly pay subjects for stories.
- epochwolf 16y agoBut they don't release the names of people like this. I took a journalism ethics class taught by the news manager of a local ABC affiliate, they would never run a story like this. This is beyond disgusting. Edit: This http://gizmodo.com/5520438/how-apple-lost-the-next-iphone http://gizmodo.com/5520438/how-apple-lost-the-next-iphone is the article I'm referring to. Purchasing the iphone was definitely illegal but it isn't completely out of bounds for journalism.
- eli 16y agoMost TV news programs are also not serious journalism organizations, unfortunately. Also worth noting that when they do checkbook journalism, they're usually quite sneak about it. For example, paying someone under the pretense of buying rights to their photographs or paying their travel expenses. That's because even they know it's wrong to pay sources/subjects outright.
- eventhough 16y agoI am voting you up because I agree with your comment.