Comments on: Do blogs make reporting restrictions pointless? http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/03/31/blogs-and-reporting-restrictions/ A conversation. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:45:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: focoafrprtng http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/03/31/blogs-and-reporting-restrictions/#comment-9638 focoafrprtng Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:41:05 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2485#comment-9638 As long as people understand the difference between reporting and blogging, there is no problem. Unfortunately, so many people do not. It does not help that so much reporting looks like blogging (especially with twitter and such). The line just gets skewed. As long as people understand the difference between reporting and blogging, there is no problem. Unfortunately, so many people do not. It does not help that so much reporting looks like blogging (especially with twitter and such). The line just gets skewed.

]]> By: Do blogs make reporting restrictions pointless? « Caroline JR2 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/03/31/blogs-and-reporting-restrictions/#comment-9637 Do blogs make reporting restrictions pointless? « Caroline JR2 Thu, 07 May 2009 13:14:03 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2485#comment-9637 [...] blog by Malcolm Coles entitled “do blogs make reporting restrictions pointless?” makes reference to the current situation where there is a standard procedure to alert most news [...] [...] blog by Malcolm Coles entitled “do blogs make reporting restrictions pointless?” makes reference to the current situation where there is a standard procedure to alert most news [...]

]]> By: Running From Gingell | The Adventures of Scribbleboy http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/03/31/blogs-and-reporting-restrictions/#comment-9636 Running From Gingell | The Adventures of Scribbleboy Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:16:14 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2485#comment-9636 [...] paternity test, well, I’m not even sure I should tell you.  Read this article to discover another shining example of the law failing to keep pace with technology. Spread my posts like they're a social [...] [...] paternity test, well, I’m not even sure I should tell you.  Read this article to discover another shining example of the law failing to keep pace with technology. Spread my posts like they’re a social [...]

]]> By: Paula Sharratt http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/03/31/blogs-and-reporting-restrictions/#comment-9635 Paula Sharratt Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:09:28 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2485#comment-9635 But isn't the real point of the case about Alfie Patten that of Child Protection (and Child Protection?). So that when apparent cases of Freedom of Information and libel are raised and mooted via all the gossip streams, that investigative journalism firmly articulates the underlying issues and implications? The media is a strong apparatus. Social media has the potential to re or de humanise media witch-hunts but thinkers, writers and policy makers from all backgrounds have a greater responsibility to find the truth on its own 'terms' so we learn from our mistakes get some perspective on the tendency towards legalism, which I think can be a cop out. But isn’t the real point of the case about Alfie Patten that of Child Protection (and Child Protection?).

So that when apparent cases of Freedom of Information and libel are raised and mooted via all the gossip streams, that investigative journalism firmly articulates the underlying issues and implications?

The media is a strong apparatus. Social media has the potential to re or de humanise media witch-hunts but thinkers, writers and policy makers from all backgrounds have a greater responsibility to find the truth on its own ‘terms’ so we learn from our mistakes get some perspective on the tendency towards legalism, which I think can be a cop out.

]]> By: Links for today - with questions! | Links para hoje - com perguntas! « O Lago | The Lake http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/03/31/blogs-and-reporting-restrictions/#comment-9634 Links for today - with questions! | Links para hoje - com perguntas! « O Lago | The Lake Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:51:46 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2485#comment-9634 [...] Do blogs make reporting restrictions pointless?, Online Journalism Blog [...] [...] Do blogs make reporting restrictions pointless?, Online Journalism Blog [...]

]]> By: Mark http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/03/31/blogs-and-reporting-restrictions/#comment-9633 Mark Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:17:31 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2485#comment-9633 The Google News issue is the same one being encountered by the music industry also, as far as I (no legal expert) can make out. The Pirate Bay and other such torrent sites are registered in countries that have laws that are considerably more liberal on freedom of information issues. Sweden et al, bypassing the laws in other countries on copyright etc. I believe Guido Fawkes has his blog registered in Ireland and operates from Wexford thus avoiding UK contempt of court laws. I presume the opposite could be done too, e.g. I leak a document embargoed by Irish courts to you and you report it, avoiding Irish reporting restrictions... It's certainly a tricky one. The other part of the post regarding bloggers unable to find out what they need to find out, is madness. The Google News issue is the same one being encountered by the music industry also, as far as I (no legal expert) can make out. The Pirate Bay and other such torrent sites are registered in countries that have laws that are considerably more liberal on freedom of information issues. Sweden et al, bypassing the laws in other countries on copyright etc.

I believe Guido Fawkes has his blog registered in Ireland and operates from Wexford thus avoiding UK contempt of court laws. I presume the opposite could be done too, e.g. I leak a document embargoed by Irish courts to you and you report it, avoiding Irish reporting restrictions…

It’s certainly a tricky one.

The other part of the post regarding bloggers unable to find out what they need to find out, is madness.

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