December 12, 2012

Why BuzzFeed should hold itself accountable for mistakes in its Oatmeal profile

Online news organizations, HyperVocal included, can get away with murder because very few people hold “The Internet” accountable like they do legacy news organizations. And when we don’t self-correct, when we sneak things past our readers, that does an incredible disservice to the legitimacy of what you’re reading online.

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Julie Moos (jmoos@poynter.org) has been Director of Poynter Online and Poynter Publications since 2009. Previously, she was Editor of Poynter Online (2007-2009) and Poynter Publications…
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