On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]>wrote:
> What would an organization be suspended from doing? If there's that > egregious of an offence, they could be shut down completely, and I don't > think their readers or advertisers would take too kindly to that, even for > some seemingly-ethic-less outfit like the Gawker Companies. > > Penalizing individuals would be enough. > > For some reason this reminded me of the opening of the 2007 NASCAR (phone > company) Cup season, when nascent car owner / veteran driver Michael > Waltrip began the season penalized for a (typically debatable) car > modification at Daytona, for which (just based on the day I was at a lunch > spot watching on msnbc) he was getting absolutely crucified by people whom > you wouldn't think would give a huck about any auto race outside of Indy. Just to be clear I was not being serious when I said I would like to see a Commisioner of Media News who could suspend journalists for credibility violations. We actually already have editors and executive producers who should be filling that role, and the penalty for multiple credibility violations should be that bad reporters and editors get fired, and the public should stop buying/clicking on low credibility sources of information (but of course that is not going to happen). -- 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
