Quote: (05-30-2014 12:54 AM)iknowexactly Wrote:
Quote: (05-30-2014 12:37 AM)WestIndianArchie Wrote:
Quote: (05-29-2014 10:46 PM)iknowexactly Wrote:
Ummm... does anyone else think it's unethical for her to publish someone's personal emails without their permission? I
Those are journalistic ethics.
As long as she and her editors deem it "newsworthy" it is, no matter what the motives or collateral damage.
WIA
wait, you mean THAT is accepted journalistic ethics, among, like people with journalism degrees? EVERYONE'S private life, obtained presumably by violating some security provision is money to be made....?
And I don't mean the news that the NSA is monitoring everyone, THAT _SHOULD_ be publicized because it's a moral wrong and Constitutional violation, but this guy's personal opinions on sex etc, it's basically no one's business in my view.
This is one of the rare times I'm glad I'm older than everyone else here, and am still shocked when the basic respect of people's private communication is considered irrelevant.
I'd say the progression went something like this
Watergate - no more trust in government
CNN - need to fill up the air
Clinton impeachment - where private matters are public spectacle
OJ - spectacle to fill air time, find more spectacles
internet - always on, all the time, infinite "channels"
Charge businesses per impressions, then charge per click - now we have to get eyeballs
Friendster, Myspace -> Facebook -> Twitter -> Instagram -> Snapchat/Kik etcetera - eyeballs
Craig's List!! - kills real journalism
Perez Hilton - brings celebrity coverage to a new low
Gawker - combines the best of everything above to outrage you now.
This is where we are.
Real journalism is done.
Infotainment has been reduced to virals of "aww, cute hamster eating a burrito" and "OUTRAGE".
Right now on any given media platform, there are stories where reporters recount debates had over Twitter. Twitter beefs are legit news on lots of sites.
But back to the viral aspect. Take the Boko Haram. BH has been committing lots of terrorist activities over the years, and they kidnapped those girls more than a month ago. But it suddenly saturates the news cycle because of twitter.
#Hashtag_Activism
*"signs" petition @ change.org*
Waits for new "think piece" or "hate read" to go viral.
I'd say one of the biggest stories of today is Google letting people know that a Silicon Valley company is primarily run by White guys, Indians, and East Asians.
WHOA, MAJOR NEWS! Those tech guys must be wearing Klan hoods when they do interviews at major universities, and using algorithms to ferret out "suspicious" resumes. *smh*
But that topic dominates my feed. Slate, Salon, NYTimes, The Atlantic, Quartz, Wall Street Journal.
I end up getting most of the "real" news from link collections in my blog feed, but even those are susceptible to "Economist calculates value of Kimye Wedding Toilet."
RVF is not really much better. Everything Else usually features somebody posting the "drek" of the day. I might be that guy on some days actually.
But yeah, anything "tangible" that can be screen capped and made to go viral is fair game.
Everyone should be vigilant about what they say and do online, but few people have that kind of willpower to always view things incognito, use proxies, use really though protection, never give anyone good information...
Before long, we'll find out that IKnowExactly, doesn't actually know exactly.
WIA