LA Times Loses It Over Google

by urbano411 | August 18, 2007 at 10:28 am

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Apparently, Free Speech gets in the way of real journalism. When will those that dispense the news, show some respect to those who consume it? It's when news bureaus like this take to petty issues that the real integrity of 'News' must be questioned. Imagine a place where everyone could comment and contribute to the news...

But Google now is doing yet another thing that's bound to get under journalists' skin. This month, it announced plans to let people and organizations comment on the stories written about them. For example, if The Times ran another exposé on conflicts of interest within the Food and Drug Administration's drug-approval process, Google News would provide a forum for the FDA and any researchers or drug manufacturers implicated in the story to respond, unedited.