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0 pointslabcomputer2mo ago0 comments

OK, and? It doesn’t say anything about paid (or otherwise) promotions.

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I imagine they forgot to explicitly list that because avoiding undisclosed paid promotions is so baked into the ethics of journalism that saying it out loud didn't cross their minds.

smsm422mo ago

A: it looks like this article is no more than an ad

B: Oh noes, it can't be, they have specific policy against that!

A: That policy actually does not have anything about this.

B: Ah, that's because they are so ethical that they didn't even think to mention this in their policy!

Sure, this sounds extremely convincing.

(and of course, nobody ever ignored or tiptoed around a written policy, ever)

simonw2mo ago

I think an important piece of media literacy is being able to tell if a publication is likely to follow journalistic ethics or not. SF Standard pass that test for me.

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simonw2mo ago

I imagine they forgot to explicitly list that because avoiding undisclosed paid promotions is so baked into the ethics of journalism that saying it out loud didn't cross their minds.

smsm422mo ago

A: it looks like this article is no more than an ad

B: Oh noes, it can't be, they have specific policy against that!

A: That policy actually does not have anything about this.

B: Ah, that's because they are so ethical that they didn't even think to mention this in their policy!

Sure, this sounds extremely convincing.

(and of course, nobody ever ignored or tiptoed around a written policy, ever)

simonw2mo ago

I think an important piece of media literacy is being able to tell if a publication is likely to follow journalistic ethics or not. SF Standard pass that test for me.

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