New York Times blog ethics editorial

Adam Cohen mentioned CyberJournalist.net's model Bloggers' Code of Ethics in an editorial in Sunday's New York Times calling for bloggers to adopt ethics policies:

A few bloggers have begun calling for change. There have even been fledgling attempts to create ethical guidelines, like the ones found at Cyberjournalist.net. Defenders of the status quo argue that ethics rules are not necessary in the blogosphere because truth emerges through "collaboration," and that bias and conflicts of interest are rooted out by "transparency." ... But it is hard to know who many bloggers are, and whether they are paid to take the positions they are espousing....

Bloggers may need to institutionalize ethics policies to avoid charges of hypocrisy. But the real reason for an ethical upgrade is that it is the right way to do journalism, online or offline. As blogs grow in readers and influence, bloggers should realize that if they want to reform the American media, that is going to have to include reforming themselves.

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