Comment Re:Trust your neighbor. (Score 1) 53
If there's an advertiser conflict of interest, even that might not happen.
Not always true, but at some papers, yes... I work for DenverPost.com, and I can remember even recently seeing an ad showing up in an article on the site that was critical of that advertiser. Of course, it was an accident, but there was no scramble to change it, either. I don't agree 100% with the Post's politics (less than 50%, really), but I respect the integrity of many of the journalists there, especially in the online side. Although, only a couple people in the online side of things write anything more detailed than a headline or photo cutline, normally.
I think some things are changing, little by little, as the whole industry starts to slide things over to the online side. We've seen an insane number of sweeping changes in the last year as the online side gets more and more important relative to the print side.
Not always true, but at some papers, yes... I work for DenverPost.com, and I can remember even recently seeing an ad showing up in an article on the site that was critical of that advertiser. Of course, it was an accident, but there was no scramble to change it, either. I don't agree 100% with the Post's politics (less than 50%, really), but I respect the integrity of many of the journalists there, especially in the online side. Although, only a couple people in the online side of things write anything more detailed than a headline or photo cutline, normally.
I think some things are changing, little by little, as the whole industry starts to slide things over to the online side. We've seen an insane number of sweeping changes in the last year as the online side gets more and more important relative to the print side.
