wah kok jadi teringaat staff Google yang dipecat juga gara2 bikin blog di blogspot
suud ngeblog gen be yuuk :D On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Anton Muhajir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- iwan qodar himawan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > From: "iwan qodar himawan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:24:02 +0700 > > Subject: [pantau-komunitas] produser cnn mengaku > > dipecat krn bikin blog > > > > February 14, 2008, 2:02 pm CNN Producer Says He Was > > Fired for Blogging > > > > By Sewell Chan > > <http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/author/schan/> > > [image: Blogger]Chez Pazienza > > > > Should journalists be permitted to maintain personal > > — and highly > > opinionated — blogs on their own time? Chez > > Pazienza, a senior producer for > > CNN's "American Morning," says the network fired him > > on Tuesday on the > > grounds that he violated its standards for > > journalists through his blog, Deus > > Ex Malcontent <http://www.deusexmalcontent.com/>. > > > > Mr. Pazienza announced that he had been fired > > through — what else — a blog > > post on Wednesday. "What was the reason for my > > abrupt and untimely > > dismissal?" he wrote. "You're reading it. More to > > come soon." > > > > In a phone interview this morning, Mr. Pazienza, 38, > > said he joined CNN as a > > senior producer in January 2004 and has consistently > > received positive > > performance evaluations of his work. He spent his > > first year at CNN at the > > network's headquarters in Atlanta, then moved to New > > York to work on "CNN > > Daybreak," which has since been canceled, then > > "American Morning," which is > > shown Monday through Friday, from 6 to 9 a.m. > > > > Mr. Pazienza said he started his blog in May 2006 as > > a way to keep his mind > > occupied while he was on a medical leave of several > > months after an > > operation to remove a brain tumor. He got noticed by > > blogs like Drew > > Curtis's FARK <http://www.fark.com/>, a popular > > news-aggregation site, and > > Pajiba <http://www.pajiba.com/>, a left-wing blog of > > movie and book reviews. > > > > "Slowly but surely people started reading me a > > little bit, and it was nice," > > he said. "I was still relatively small but for a > > personal blog. I was doing > > very well. I had a few thousand hits a day." > > > > Then, a few months ago, Mr. Pazienza was invited to > > start blogging on The > > Huffington Post <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/>, > > the group blog founded by > > Arianna Huffington. > > > > Mr. Pazienza said he has never identified himself in > > his writing as a CNN > > producer or as a representative of CNN and has never > > written about what goes > > on at work. "I will write about the media in general > > and, at times, the very > > sorry state of it, including the TV news media," he > > said. "I think I have > > the right to." > > > > Mr. Pazienza described Deus Ex Malcontent as a > > personal journal, where he > > has mused about everything from his recovery from > > surgery to his thoughts on > > the mass media and popular culture. He has linked to > > music videos from bands > > he likes and written about past relationships. > > > > "It's basically me," he said. "It's whatever happens > > to strike my fancy that > > day. I don't have any advertisers, so I'm not > > exactly beholden to anyone. I > > don't wake up worrying about how many people are > > reading me." > > > > Deus Ex Malcontent makes no effort to hide its > > author's strong views. "I > > wake up every morning baffled as to why America > > hasn't thrown George Bush > > and Dick Cheney in prison, Hollywood hasn't stopped > > trying to convince me > > that Sarah Jessica Parker is attractive, gullible > > soccer moms haven't > > realized that they share absolutely no kinship with > > Oprah, and Fox canceled > > 'Firefly,'" Mr. Pazienza wrote on the biographical > > section of his blog. > > > > Barbara Levin, a spokeswoman for CNN, said she could > > not discuss specifics > > because the network does not comment on personnel > > matters, but she said in a > > statement, "CNN has a policy that says employees > > must first get permission > > to write for a non-CNN outlet." > > > > Mr. Pazienza acknowledges that he did not ask > > permission from CNN to blog, > > either on his own Web site or on The Huffington > > Post. He contends that the > > policy had not been made clear to employees and was > > overly vague. "It's > > purposely set up so they can be subjective," he > > said. "Does that mean I > > can't post on a MySpace blog that my friends read? > > Does that mean I can't > > post something online to my wife?" He added that he > > believed he had been > > dismissed because of his views. > > > > When he was fired on Tuesday, Mr. Pazienza said, > > only his personal blog was > > mentioned, not his work for The Huffington Post. Mr. > > Pazienza also said his > > supervisors had told him that they did not know of > > other CNN employers who > > blogged, an assertion Mr. Pazienza said he knows to > > be untrue. Mr. Pazienza > > lives on the Upper East Side with his wife; the > > couple are expecting a baby > > in August. He said he is not going to fight to get > > his job back, but when > > asked whether he planned to hire a lawyer, he said > > he had not yet decided on > > any plans. > > > > (For those who wonder, The New York Times's policy > > on ethics in journalism > > does have a section on blogs > > <http://www.nytco.com/press/ethics.html#B5>. > > While it states that blogs "present imaginative > > opportunities for personal > > expression and exciting new journalism," it adds > > that blogs "also require > > cautions, magnified by the Web's unlimited reach." > > It elaborates that > > personal blog content should be "purely that: > > personal," and that staff > > members should avoid blogging about topics they > > cover as journalists and > > avoid taking stands on divisive public issues, among > > other guidelines.) > > > > > > -- > > iwan qodar himawan > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > > iwan qodar himawan > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > Anton Muhajir > http://rumahtulisan.wordpress.com > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! 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