The press watchdog in the UK has ruled that journalistic blogs have to meet the same standards as content appearing in print. The Press Complaints Commission upheld a complaint against a 92-word blog post by Rod Liddle published on The Spectator’s website. In the entry, Liddle claimed that “the overwhelming majority of street crime, knife crime, gun crime, robbery and crimes of sexual violence in London is carried out by

Image via WikipediaThe UK’s newspaper watchdog, the PCC, has released the findings of its research into attitudes towards social networking. It found that 78% would change information they publish about themselves online if they thought the material would later be reproduced in the mainstream media. This is a new ethical issue for journalists, as Facebook and other social networking sites become sources for journalists. Social networking sites are used by