Comments on: How to Avoid a Blogosphere Scandal: Disclose! http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/07/31/how-to-avoid-a-blogosphere-scandal/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:49:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Amazing Grace http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/07/31/how-to-avoid-a-blogosphere-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-74299 Amazing Grace Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:58:37 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2086#comment-74299 <strong>Are You a Victim of Blogosphere Hate Crime?</strong> A few days ago I read La Shawn's excellent post on how to avoid a blogosphere scandal, and I was thinking about a new term that we should consider - Blogosphere Hate Crime - in fact, I am coining this Are You a Victim of Blogosphere Hate Crime?

A few days ago I read La Shawn’s excellent post on how to avoid a blogosphere scandal, and I was thinking about a new term that we should consider – Blogosphere Hate Crime – in fact, I am coining this

]]> By: Watcher of Weasels http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/07/31/how-to-avoid-a-blogosphere-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-74243 Watcher of Weasels Fri, 04 Aug 2006 06:38:57 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2086#comment-74243 <strong>The Council Has Spoken!</strong> First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here,  and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  the winning entries in the Watcher's Council vote for this week are They're Not What You've Been Tol... The Council Has Spoken!

First off…  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here,  and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now…  the winning entries in the Watcher’s Council vote for this week are They’re Not What You’ve Been Tol…

]]> By: Pablo http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/07/31/how-to-avoid-a-blogosphere-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-74215 Pablo Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:48:54 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2086#comment-74215 <i>"Where do you stand on lobbyists who run blogs that put up articles all the time shilling for the corporate and commercial interests that their lobbying firms represent?"</i> Know who you're reading. If the blogger is a professional shill, expect that they might be shilling. As with everything, consider the source. “Where do you stand on lobbyists who run blogs that put up articles all the time shilling for the corporate and commercial interests that their lobbying firms represent?”

Know who you’re reading. If the blogger is a professional shill, expect that they might be shilling. As with everything, consider the source.

]]> By: Watcher of Weasels http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/07/31/how-to-avoid-a-blogosphere-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-74164 Watcher of Weasels Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:21:03 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2086#comment-74164 <strong>Submitted for Your Approval</strong> First off...  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here,  and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now...  here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote. Council li... Submitted for Your Approval

First off…  any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here,  and here.  Die spambots, die!  And now…  here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher’s Council for this week’s vote. Council li…

]]> By: Mexican Hezbollah http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/07/31/how-to-avoid-a-blogosphere-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-74159 Mexican Hezbollah Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:46:07 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2086#comment-74159 <strong>Truth in Reporting and Full Disclosure - MEXHEZ</strong> I have been asked on two occasions via email now whether either myself or this information outlet (MEXHEZ) is in any way being funded by any particular political candidate or any other special interests whatsoever.  In short, the answer is NO, I am no... Truth in Reporting and Full Disclosure – MEXHEZ

I have been asked on two occasions via email now whether either myself or this information outlet (MEXHEZ) is in any way being funded by any particular political candidate or any other special interests whatsoever.  In short, the answer is NO, I am no…

]]> By: Deo Volente http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/07/31/how-to-avoid-a-blogosphere-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-74140 Deo Volente Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:33:03 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2086#comment-74140 <strong>More Tuesday Tips: Avoid Blog Scandal</strong> Go to La Shawn Barber's Corner to read about How to Avoid Blogosphere Scandal: Disclose! Her next post in this series will be on plagiarism... BIG no-no. Good stuff.She writes on disclosure, "If we bloggers are going to demand transparency from the m... More Tuesday Tips: Avoid Blog Scandal

Go to La Shawn Barber’s Corner to read about How to Avoid Blogosphere Scandal: Disclose! Her next post in this series will be on plagiarism… BIG no-no. Good stuff.She writes on disclosure, “If we bloggers are going to demand transparency from the m…

]]> By: Glamchild http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/07/31/how-to-avoid-a-blogosphere-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-74127 Glamchild Tue, 01 Aug 2006 20:58:35 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2086#comment-74127 Still obsessed with Ariana and her tactics: Remember when Huffington took snippets of George Clooney's interviews, cobbled them together to make a custom "blog" for her site, then didn't bother to disclose the fact that it wasn't original content, until she was outed by Clooney, himself. I have to wonder how often Ariana does that. She got caught with the George Clooney episode, but I can only imagine the hundreds of of blogs she passes off as "original content" where she hasn't been caught yet. There's certainly no incentive for Ariana to play by the rules. She gained immense publicity from the whole George Clooney thing. Why not just keep doing it?, and if she's outed every once in awhile, so much the better...more publicity and attention for her site. Huffington is among the worst, no doubt about it! Still obsessed with Ariana and her tactics:

Remember when Huffington took snippets of George Clooney’s interviews, cobbled them together to make a custom “blog” for her site, then didn’t bother to disclose the fact that it wasn’t original content, until she was outed by Clooney, himself.

I have to wonder how often Ariana does that. She got caught with the George Clooney episode, but I can only imagine the hundreds of of blogs she passes off as “original content” where she hasn’t been caught yet.

There’s certainly no incentive for Ariana to play by the rules. She gained immense publicity from the whole George Clooney thing. Why not just keep doing it?, and if she’s outed every once in awhile, so much the better…more publicity and attention for her site.

Huffington is among the worst, no doubt about it!

]]> By: John Bruce http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/07/31/how-to-avoid-a-blogosphere-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-74120 John Bruce Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:36:28 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2086#comment-74120 Typical journalistic codes of ethics don't stop with who's paying you -- that's really, really an obvious problem. Other ethical canons say that you shouldn't be a member of a group that you cover. Glenn Reynolds, for instance, is a member of the board of directors of the Foresight Nanotechnology Institute (and is likely paid to attend board meetings) but, while he's occasionally mentioned that he belongs to the board, he's never done it in the context of plugging people associated with FNI in various ways, such as Aubrey de Grey. In fact, Reynolds is remarkably coy about his belief in transhumanism (the fringe, cult-like folks who advocate freezing your head when you die and who think that sometime in the next 30-odd years everyone will turn into an immortal, robot-like being). FNI is a transhumanist organization, for instance, but Reynolds doesn't connect the dots. What intrigues me about the blogosphere is how much people like Reynolds get away with. How much does he make from his Amazon click-throughs on all the digital toys he promotes, for instance, or on all the books he plugs? There needs to be fuller disclosure on all this stuff. Typical journalistic codes of ethics don’t stop with who’s paying you — that’s really, really an obvious problem. Other ethical canons say that you shouldn’t be a member of a group that you cover. Glenn Reynolds, for instance, is a member of the board of directors of the Foresight Nanotechnology Institute (and is likely paid to attend board meetings) but, while he’s occasionally mentioned that he belongs to the board, he’s never done it in the context of plugging people associated with FNI in various ways, such as Aubrey de Grey. In fact, Reynolds is remarkably coy about his belief in transhumanism (the fringe, cult-like folks who advocate freezing your head when you die and who think that sometime in the next 30-odd years everyone will turn into an immortal, robot-like being). FNI is a transhumanist organization, for instance, but Reynolds doesn’t connect the dots. What intrigues me about the blogosphere is how much people like Reynolds get away with. How much does he make from his Amazon click-throughs on all the digital toys he promotes, for instance, or on all the books he plugs? There needs to be fuller disclosure on all this stuff.

]]> By: Classical Values http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/07/31/how-to-avoid-a-blogosphere-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-74119 Classical Values Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:43:58 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2086#comment-74119 <strong>The manipulative silence of manipulation</strong> La Shawn Barber has a fascinating post titled "How to Avoid a Blogosphere Scandal."If we bloggers are going to demand transparency from the media and criticize other bloggers for failure to disclose, we must hold ourselves to the same standard.... The manipulative silence of manipulation

La Shawn Barber has a fascinating post titled “How to Avoid a Blogosphere Scandal.”If we bloggers are going to demand transparency from the media and criticize other bloggers for failure to disclose, we must hold ourselves to the same standard….

]]> By: Fill Up http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/07/31/how-to-avoid-a-blogosphere-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-74118 Fill Up Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:58:55 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2086#comment-74118 An interesting series is on the way from LaShawn Barber guiding others on how to avoid a blogosphere scandal. (HT: Challies) An interesting series is on the way from LaShawn Barber guiding others on how to avoid a blogosphere scandal. (HT: Challies)

]]> By: Beltway Blogroll http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/07/31/how-to-avoid-a-blogosphere-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-74117 Beltway Blogroll Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:54:03 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2086#comment-74117 <strong>Toward A More Ethical Blogosphere</strong> The recent controversies surrounding Democratic blogger Jerome Armstrong and Republican blogger Patrick Hynes have sparked a bit of online soul-searching about where, if at all, to draw ethical boundaries in the blogosphere. Two Republican bloggers pos... Toward A More Ethical Blogosphere

The recent controversies surrounding Democratic blogger Jerome Armstrong and Republican blogger Patrick Hynes have sparked a bit of online soul-searching about where, if at all, to draw ethical boundaries in the blogosphere. Two Republican bloggers pos…

]]> By: Eric Scheie http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/07/31/how-to-avoid-a-blogosphere-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-74115 Eric Scheie Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:23:55 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2086#comment-74115 Here's another wrinkle for you. I have sometimes been attacked not for what I have said, but for what I have NOT said. I've also been falsely accused of being in the employ of "the Republicans" (which I am not). But let's just suppose I was being paid by someone, a huge scandal broke, and I just ignored the scandal and wrote posts about stuff like global warming and gun control. I'm just wondering, could my silence possibly be considered scandalous, or is that too much of a stretch? Do bloggers ever forfeit the right to remain silent? Here’s another wrinkle for you. I have sometimes been attacked not for what I have said, but for what I have NOT said. I’ve also been falsely accused of being in the employ of “the Republicans” (which I am not). But let’s just suppose I was being paid by someone, a huge scandal broke, and I just ignored the scandal and wrote posts about stuff like global warming and gun control. I’m just wondering, could my silence possibly be considered scandalous, or is that too much of a stretch?

Do bloggers ever forfeit the right to remain silent?

]]> By: Right Wing News http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/07/31/how-to-avoid-a-blogosphere-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-74113 Right Wing News Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:07:11 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2086#comment-74113 <strong>Daily News For August 1, 2006</strong> Foreign Israel Approves Wider Ground Offensive Israel Says Hits 2/3 Of Hizbollah's Heavy Missiles Hizbullah Has Only Few Launchers Left'... Daily News For August 1, 2006

Foreign Israel Approves Wider Ground Offensive Israel Says Hits 2/3 Of Hizbollah’s Heavy Missiles Hizbullah Has Only Few Launchers Left’…

]]> By: Challies Dot Com SideBlog http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/07/31/how-to-avoid-a-blogosphere-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-74109 Challies Dot Com SideBlog Tue, 01 Aug 2006 10:59:05 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2086#comment-74109 <strong>A La Carte (08/01)</strong> Tuesday August 8, 2006... A La Carte (08/01)

Tuesday August 8, 2006…

]]> By: The Gleeson Bloglomerate http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/07/31/how-to-avoid-a-blogosphere-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-74106 The Gleeson Bloglomerate Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:06:51 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2086#comment-74106 <strong>The ethics of blogging</strong> La Shawn Barber has written part one of a series, titled, “How to Avoid a Blogosphere Scandal.” Check it out, if you’re into blogging, or ethics, or both. The ethics of blogging

La Shawn Barber has written part one of a series, titled, “How to Avoid a Blogosphere Scandal.” Check it out, if you’re into blogging, or ethics, or both.

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