“It’s only a blog.” “I’m not a reporter!” “This is just commentary.” “Everyone knows it’s just my opinion.” Sound familiar? To quote one of my favorite cartoons, “I say it’s spinach, and I say to hell with it.” Once you put words into print for all to read, and particularly once you implicate other people’s [...]
See: http://blogethics2004.blogspot.com
Which links to these two great resources:
Rebecca Blood’s Weblog Ethics: http://www.rebeccablood.net/handbook/excerpts/weblog_ethics.html
Cyberjournalist.net, A Blogger’s Code of Ethics: http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/000215.php
For some time I’ve grumbled and groused about the practices of librarian bloggers. Too many of us want to be considered serious citizen-journalists, when it suits us, but fall back on “hey, it’s only a blog” when [...]
