Comments on: CNN creates blogging policy, encourages employees to engage in sockpuppetry http://bloggasm.com/cnn-creates-blogging-policy-encourages-employees-to-engage-in-sockpuppetry Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:50:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: John Welsh http://bloggasm.com/cnn-creates-blogging-policy-encourages-employees-to-engage-in-sockpuppetry/comment-page-1#comment-77832 John Welsh Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:11:02 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=1162#comment-77832 I think your posting at the same time as William Patry gives up his - http://johnwelsh.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/bloggers-as-employees-of-big-corporations-what-are-the-rules/ - really hammers home how the rules for bloggers are only now beginning to be set about the relationship between employer and employer. I think your posting at the same time as William Patry gives up his – http://johnwelsh.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/bloggers-as-employees-of-big-corporations-what-are-the-rules/ – really hammers home how the rules for bloggers are only now beginning to be set about the relationship between employer and employer.

]]> By: Pat R. http://bloggasm.com/cnn-creates-blogging-policy-encourages-employees-to-engage-in-sockpuppetry/comment-page-1#comment-77797 Pat R. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:53:37 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=1162#comment-77797 Encourage sockpuppetry? <i>In addition, you should not operate under an alias on your website or blog in order to participate in biased public behavior. Despite your use of an alias to express a view that may present a conflict of interest, it is still your opinion. Your real identity and occupation could be revealed by someone else at any point.</i> Not so much. Encourage sockpuppetry?

In addition, you should not operate under an alias on your website or blog in order to participate in biased public behavior. Despite your use of an alias to express a view that may present a conflict of interest, it is still your opinion. Your real identity and occupation could be revealed by someone else at any point.

Not so much.

]]> By: Ralph Gizzip http://bloggasm.com/cnn-creates-blogging-policy-encourages-employees-to-engage-in-sockpuppetry/comment-page-1#comment-77796 Ralph Gizzip Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:42:57 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=1162#comment-77796 <blockquote>UNLESS GIVEN PERMISSION BY CNN MANAGEMENT, CNN EMPLOYEES ARE TO AVOID TAKING PUBLIC POSITIONS ON THE ISSUES AND PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS ON WHICH WE REPORT.</blockquote> Essentially, keep your mouth shut so the masses can't tell how deeply our bias is ingrained.

UNLESS GIVEN PERMISSION BY CNN MANAGEMENT, CNN EMPLOYEES ARE TO AVOID TAKING PUBLIC POSITIONS ON THE ISSUES AND PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS ON WHICH WE REPORT.

Essentially, keep your mouth shut so the masses can’t tell how deeply our bias is ingrained.

]]> By: Dan Collins http://bloggasm.com/cnn-creates-blogging-policy-encourages-employees-to-engage-in-sockpuppetry/comment-page-1#comment-77794 Dan Collins Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:08:16 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=1162#comment-77794 "Bob, I need to talk to you." "Hmmm. Is it about anything CNN is reporting on or might report on, dear? Because, if so I'll just go back to reading the newspaper." “Bob, I need to talk to you.”
“Hmmm. Is it about anything CNN is reporting on or might report on, dear? Because, if so I’ll just go back to reading the newspaper.”

]]> By: tasteslikechicken http://bloggasm.com/cnn-creates-blogging-policy-encourages-employees-to-engage-in-sockpuppetry/comment-page-1#comment-77785 tasteslikechicken Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:49:08 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=1162#comment-77785 If I'm a CNN employee, am I permitted to post fawning articles about presidential candidates besides Obama? If I’m a CNN employee, am I permitted to post fawning articles about presidential candidates besides Obama?

]]> By: John McKay http://bloggasm.com/cnn-creates-blogging-policy-encourages-employees-to-engage-in-sockpuppetry/comment-page-1#comment-77768 John McKay Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:35:13 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=1162#comment-77768 So, if you freelance one lousy story to CNN, they want to have a controlling veto over anything you say anywhere, ever. This sounds like a rule that will be given about as much respect as the no pets in the apartment rule. So, if you freelance one lousy story to CNN, they want to have a controlling veto over anything you say anywhere, ever. This sounds like a rule that will be given about as much respect as the no pets in the apartment rule.

]]> By: Coturnix http://bloggasm.com/cnn-creates-blogging-policy-encourages-employees-to-engage-in-sockpuppetry/comment-page-1#comment-77755 Coturnix Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:49:04 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=1162#comment-77755 Like with Chez, they are paranoid, and they are a couple of decades out of date in their understanding of the media. They have armies of potential loyalists and defenders and PR folks out there on the Web and instead of letting them lose to do the PR job for CNN in their free time, they are stifling them. And they may thus breed resentment and this policy may result in even more disgruntled employees who will start looking for jobs in more enlightened media organizations - online. Like with Chez, they are paranoid, and they are a couple of decades out of date in their understanding of the media.

They have armies of potential loyalists and defenders and PR folks out there on the Web and instead of letting them lose to do the PR job for CNN in their free time, they are stifling them. And they may thus breed resentment and this policy may result in even more disgruntled employees who will start looking for jobs in more enlightened media organizations – online.

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