Comments on: Citizen Journalism Follow-Up Notes http://normalkid.com/2008/10/04/citizen-journalism-follow-up-notes/ macrumors.com and the web Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:27:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Arnold Kim http://normalkid.com/2008/10/04/citizen-journalism-follow-up-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-28568 Arnold Kim Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:28:45 +0000 http://normalkid.com/?p=229#comment-28568 for iReport? They are a glorified message board. Their model is that of random-people (unconfirmed) news, so it is what it's supposed to be. arn for iReport? They are a glorified message board. Their model is that of random-people (unconfirmed) news, so it is what it’s supposed to be.

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]]> By: Aviv http://normalkid.com/2008/10/04/citizen-journalism-follow-up-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-28526 Aviv Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:49:15 +0000 http://normalkid.com/?p=229#comment-28526 @Harrsion: iReport is not the one that needs to do verification. It should have been initially understood that the story had a level of "unverified information" immediately. Not only did SAI publish it with a minute tone of possible "truthiness," but it's not the first time they've done something like this. Back on June 10th, SAI posted this post: http://tinyurl.com/5rfjtl -- with the title "Does Apple's Steve Jobs Have Cancer Again?". Only it has changed since then, originally, they had this image posted: http://tinyurl.com/3o77gx -- and they had no "*" in the title. I am sorry to say Arnold, SAI is definitely a good (brash) read most of the time. But the foundation on which the site is built is ill intentions. They care more about traffic and money then they do about a community, readers or content. Sad... But true. @Harrsion: iReport is not the one that needs to do verification. It should have been initially understood that the story had a level of “unverified information” immediately. Not only did SAI publish it with a minute tone of possible “truthiness,” but it’s not the first time they’ve done something like this.

Back on June 10th, SAI posted this post: http://tinyurl.com/5rfjtl — with the title “Does Apple’s Steve Jobs Have Cancer Again?”. Only it has changed since then, originally, they had this image posted: http://tinyurl.com/3o77gx — and they had no “*” in the title.

I am sorry to say Arnold, SAI is definitely a good (brash) read most of the time. But the foundation on which the site is built is ill intentions. They care more about traffic and money then they do about a community, readers or content.

Sad… But true.

]]> By: Harrison R http://normalkid.com/2008/10/04/citizen-journalism-follow-up-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-28459 Harrison R Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:48:51 +0000 http://normalkid.com/?p=229#comment-28459 I assume you try to do some sort of verification before you post stories on MacRumors - since that's not feasible for a place like iReport, what would you recommend to them? I assume you try to do some sort of verification before you post stories on MacRumors – since that’s not feasible for a place like iReport, what would you recommend to them?

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