On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Wrecks <[email protected]> wrote: > Something is going unsaid in all this. > > From time to time a reporter is called to testify in court concerning > an article he or she has written. The reporter sometimes refuses to > name a source and a kind of tug-of-war ensues between the court and > the press. > > I see licensing reporters as a means to compel "unlicensed" > journalists like bloggers from being allowed this defense. The court > would be able to say, "See, this person is not a licensed journalist, > so s/he must name the source."
Were it my place to make it so, people seeking a journalism license/certification must agree to follow the standards laid out in the SPJ's code of ethics: http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp Failure to abide by the code should result in the loss of license/certification. And there should be a very public website/database that tracks who is and is not a registered journalist (and why). I'm not suggesting jail time or any sort of criminal punishment for bad journalism, but if a cable channel is going to call itself, hypothetically, Fox News, then there should be at least one credible journalist on the payroll. Or they should be held accountable for false advertising. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
