tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123916520915288182.post4097744868001422231..comments2023-12-29T00:07:34.854-05:00Comments on The Ethical Blogger: I Built My Blog of GlassPolicy Innovationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16579852959458521021noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123916520915288182.post-9215733098179981512007-11-18T08:13:00.000-05:002007-11-18T08:13:00.000-05:00I'd like to do away with comments to blogs and let...I'd like to do away with comments to blogs and letters to the editors all together. I think the ethical questions are too important, and that the news media should focus on it's job of reporting facts. This happened here. This person did that. I don't want to know what you thought about it, and no one wants to know what I thought about it. <BR/><BR/>But it seems that more and more private companies live and die by how much they can make off their content, and user written, controversial, engaging content sells more than just the facts.ajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18013954032209613814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123916520915288182.post-36356237085553338262007-11-17T16:12:00.000-05:002007-11-17T16:12:00.000-05:00As you point out (and so eloquently do above), tra...As you point out (and so eloquently do above), transparency is the key. Blog owners (even media outlets) have the right to determine what content is inappropriate, and to remove or disallow it. This is made much simpler, clearer, and more palatable when the guidelines are plainly stated and the house rules known to all.RevAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517879408823780530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123916520915288182.post-15398922032542932007-11-16T21:54:00.000-05:002007-11-16T21:54:00.000-05:00Striving to maintain an editorial policy of "civil...Striving to maintain an editorial policy of "civil discourse" is laudable and in my opinion the way it should be. Short of profanities I think everyone has a right to his/her opinion.<BR/>"Many letters to the editor never see the light of day, but there's no public outcry over that." I couldn't have agreed more with that and as a matter of fact It was the Times of India editor's censorship( in the broader sense of filtering) that led me to create <A HREF="http://oioi-liberaldemocrat.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">my first blog</A>mgrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700478336951113434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123916520915288182.post-66086105682985834162007-11-16T15:04:00.000-05:002007-11-16T15:04:00.000-05:00A difficult question of ethics , my personal view ...A difficult question of ethics , my personal view is whoever does the work ( creating and maintaining a blog or other platform ) does have the right to enforce their own rules and standards<BR/><BR/>stevestevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441825212351898692noreply@blogger.com