Comments on: Facebook, Dunblane and a 2 page apology from the Express – a lesson in online journalism ethics

By: Simple guide to maintaining your reputation online : Kasper Sørensen

Simple guide to maintaining your reputation online : Kasper Sørensen — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:26:41 +0000

[...] You see it time and time again. Organisations showing terrible timing and understanding, responding to bad feedback by alienating people and ignoring the community. [...]

By: David Williams

David Williams — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:03:39 +0000

That really was a low act. Not only had those survivors gone through such an ordeal earlier in their life, but to then have their privacy breached by some snoopy journalist willing to do anything for a story! At least now with the power of feedback through the internet people can express their rage at things like this through blogs and facebook groups, etc.

By: www.education.edu/education « Scene And Not Herd

www.education.edu/education « Scene And Not Herd — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:32:30 +0000

[...] The worst example of a paper using a web application to fabricate a story was last month when the Scottish Sunday Express, as Graham Linehan put it so well, won the race to the bottom by describing the impish Internet behaviour of Dunblane teenagers as “shaming the memory” of those who died in the Dunblane massacre 13 years ago. They too were forced to apologise. [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:36:31 +0000

@The Worst of Perth: The reasons the numbers are so small is that almost none of the ‘old’ media have picked up on the story. It would appear that they’ve closed ranks. Which is sad.

By: links for 2009-03-25 « Embololalia

links for 2009-03-25 « Embololalia — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:02:26 +0000

[...] Facebook, Dunblane and a 2 page apology from the Express – a lesson in online journalism ethics | On… The Express’ apology, for its size, is described by The Guardian as “strongly-worded”. [...]

By: ThePickards » Blog Archive » The Express, Apologies, Dunblane and a Bloodthirsty Mob

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:21:17 +0000

[...] online journalism blog points out some of the ways the Express could have apologised more effectively, but what I would [...]

By: Dog sniffs dog, gently « Paperhouse

Dog sniffs dog, gently « Paperhouse — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:48:32 +0000

[...] to stand by its man?”, says John Plunkett), and its reporting of the Express’s barely-adequate sorry as a “strongly-worded [...]

By: The Worst of Perth

The Worst of Perth — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:44:00 +0000

I realise that, but I was just interested that Linehan pulled back from promoting the only lever likely to do anything. Shaming or press complaints comission are not going to do anything are they? Online petitions don’t work. Not at 10 000, probably not even at 100 000. There’s no discipline of the journo. A mealy mouthed apology. Only one thing will puncture rhino hides like that. Money leaving the building.

By: paulbradshaw

paulbradshaw — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:20:34 +0000

No worries, Tim – found the rumours of legal action: http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2009/03/derek_lambie_the_gates.asp

By: paulbradshaw

paulbradshaw — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:12:59 +0000

Thanks, Perth – I know Linehan pulled back from targeting advertisers; it was Bloggerheads who I mentioned had the list of advertisers.
Tim, any detail on those legal threats?