AP’s out-of-date approach
p2pnet news view P2P:- “Want yet another example of the Associated Press’ out-of-date approach to things (as if there weren’t enough already)?” – asks Mike Masnick in TechDirt?
He goes on »»»
The organization apparently officially reprimanded a reporter, Richard Richtmyer, who made an offhand comment on his Facebook page, mildly criticizing the management of McClatchy, a large newspaper chain (and, of course, an AP member).
On the whole, the comment (about trouble at McClatchy) was pretty benign:
It seems like the ones who orchestrated the whole mess should be losing their jobs or getting pushed into smaller quarters. But they aren’t.
Apparently that was enough to get an official reprimand letter put on file (though, the union is now protesting this).
However, it shows the way the AP still views the journalism business, where actually expressing some sort of opinion is somehow seen as an offense. In this case, it wasn’t even in his capacity as a reporter, which makes the whole thing even sillier.
Adds Mike, “I’m going to trust someone who is free to tell me their opinion over someone who has to pretend he has no opinion, any day.”
June, 2009
TechDirt – Apparently If You Work For The AP, You’re Not Allowed To Criticize Newspaper Management
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