« Adaptable Software | Main | Spambusters! » Ethics, Blogging, and JournalismDo bloggers undermine their credibility by posting with an obvious lack of objectivity? Should bloggers aspire to some standard of journalistic objectivity? Those are the kinds of questions Bill Mitchell touches with his post on Questions of Ethics at the blog for Harvard's upcoming conference on Blogging, Journalism, and Credibility. I planned to be a journalist 37 years ago, when I graduated from high school, but took another path... partly because I wanted to write subjective pieces. I muddled about with various kinds of writing - fiction, gonzo (subjective) journalism, essays and op-ed pieces before I started writing for the web. Some of my writing has been absolute crap, meaning I could've used more time with a good editor along the way, but I do think that I can get closer to the truth by revealing my biases. I think the biases are always there; objectivity is a laudable goal but unattainable, in my opinion. If you aspire to be honest, authentic in your approach to blogging, then you'll have credibility, objective or not. jon posted this at 2:46 PM |
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