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Cecilia

Cecilia — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Very well said Marco.

I totally agree with you that we can never develop until we grow as truly democratic, and that can only happen when we becoming each others editor.

We need to understand that a platform like this can’t be allowed to be misused at any cost, and people should help in developing the story with comments and questions.

Deco

Deco — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

It is really shocking that anybody did such a thing. Apple has been known for its charismatic CEO who has helped in making Apple household name. And it is no shock that such a news can plummet stock prices of Apple.

And of course CNN people should now understand that every news can’t be allowed, they should ask the reporter in important stories to provide a bot of evidence.

Ravinder Makhaik

Ravinder Makhaik — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Marco Villa

That post is laden with a lot of caution about what a false piece of information could do to the reputation of citizen journalism, here at Instablogs.

When readers must have read the false news about Mr Jobs heart attack, it was not citizen journalism that they relied on, in all probability the reputation of CNN must have made it sound credible.

Building credibility sometimes takes generations, which New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Economist, news agencies like AFP, Reuters, AP, news services like VOA, BBC and a host of others have acquired over time.

We remain a start up, by the standards these organization have reached, but to build credibility, I agree with Marco and we must ensure that false reporting and false propaganda must be countered and stopped from making its way into public domain, if we are to build an credible citizen journalism forum.

Building a reputation takes a generation, damaging it does not take more than a few hours.

Oscar

Oscar — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

i read about this...A highly dangerous and untrue comment was made, causing stocks to drop, scarey...exactly, I think you summed it up.. Everyone must take extreme caution . CJ blogging is great,it allows a true citizens heartfelt opinion, a chance to really walk in the shoes of that person, not just hears a media out-take, but first and foremost you have have the facts, all of them, and correctly.

Rose Ng'ang'a

Rose Ng'ang'a — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Hei Marco, i couldnt believe that such a thing happened, as much as we want IB to inform the whole world, we should also be observant and accurate in our work it should be everyone’s responsibility to write, rewrite, read and even re-read before making any postings, we cannot afford to loose the momentum that IB/CJ has taken, we Should also be each one’s keeper by making sure that correct information reaches the public and ensure that we are the source of objective nad balanced stories that do not misinform the public who have entrusted us with keeping them updated on different issues, its my sincere call to all members to fulfil our course as duly required.

John

John — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Marco! Thank you for this article.. I have read a couple of stories on it and they are all seriously questioning citizen journalism.

Like you say, we all editors... Its our responsibility to make sure that whatever we post is not malicious, hatred,... we all know it.

Let us not flash this young next best thing to happen to us all down the drain.

Its simple: Let us report the news as it happens, nothing less or more!

John

John — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Shahwar K

Shahwar K — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I guess falsehood is involved in all propagandist reporting, some Indian news channels vouching for it to give their news pieces a conscious glaze!

but this here is a serious issue!

but i think, not sparing the CJ the CNN bureau is more at blame for not verifyng the news in the first place!

I think the enquiries it made after it published the news could have been done earlier as well to save its face!