Comments on: Rewriting ethics rules for the new media

Traditional journalists often take bloggers to task over ethics, but some are bending rules for their own online personalities.

[lucy1985]

Bambi's folly

Any journalist who takes shares/money from a company within the industry that he/she covers should provide full disclosure at the TOP of any story written about that company. Period. That her editor gave his blessing on her sweet little deal is yet another example of the sad state of journalism. Yes, the rules of journalism are changing. But this lame refrain that anyone working online can bypass ethical responsibility to readers is pathetic. Readers should expect more.

[tswright]

How about the mis-led Startups?

How about all the startups and their PR firms which contacted her and she responded telling them to submit a video?
They did so thinking it was helping her learn about their business. However, in actuality the startup was ensuring that Bambi could not would not cover them on CBS.
Moreover, she was sharing all those early business plans with potential competitors as Thiel and others were reviewing the business models.

[trueview]

Ethics?

How odd this 'at the heart of Ethics' story appears right next to Google CNET promotions of new Google business model features....

Why do you promote a company which breaks the law who keeps videos out there which clearly violates the laws of the land? See peekvid.com which contains 1000's of pirated movies Google retains & refuses to delete...... the Google CEO, Larry etc., were directly alerted over 6 months ago, persistently, to take them all down. They do not because they hide behind their interpretation of DMCA laws, and use those motivations and the movies as a lever into business negotiations with content owners? I think it is F1 bad for NEWS.COM to encourage Google. Do you agree with these kind of principles, or NO?

[suyts]

oxymoron

Journalistic integrity? What a hoot.