← Back to context Comment by simonw 1 day ago Here's the ethics policy for the SF Standard: https://sfstandard.com/ethics-standards/ 5 comments simonw Reply ActionHank 21 hours ago It’s a puff piece with no substance that tries to frame the interviewee positively with no real apparent reason. labcomputer 9 hours ago OK, and? It doesn’t say anything about paid (or otherwise) promotions. simonw 8 hours ago I imagine they forgot to explicitly list that because avoiding undisclosed paid promotions is so baked into the ethics of journalism that saying it out loud didn't cross their minds. smsm42 7 hours ago A: it looks like this article is no more than an adB: Oh noes, it can't be, they have specific policy against that!A: That policy actually does not have anything about this.B: Ah, that's because they are so ethical that they didn't even think to mention this in their policy!Sure, this sounds extremely convincing.(and of course, nobody ever ignored or tiptoed around a written policy, ever) 1 reply →
ActionHank 21 hours ago It’s a puff piece with no substance that tries to frame the interviewee positively with no real apparent reason.
labcomputer 9 hours ago OK, and? It doesn’t say anything about paid (or otherwise) promotions. simonw 8 hours ago I imagine they forgot to explicitly list that because avoiding undisclosed paid promotions is so baked into the ethics of journalism that saying it out loud didn't cross their minds. smsm42 7 hours ago A: it looks like this article is no more than an adB: Oh noes, it can't be, they have specific policy against that!A: That policy actually does not have anything about this.B: Ah, that's because they are so ethical that they didn't even think to mention this in their policy!Sure, this sounds extremely convincing.(and of course, nobody ever ignored or tiptoed around a written policy, ever) 1 reply →
simonw 8 hours ago I imagine they forgot to explicitly list that because avoiding undisclosed paid promotions is so baked into the ethics of journalism that saying it out loud didn't cross their minds. smsm42 7 hours ago A: it looks like this article is no more than an adB: Oh noes, it can't be, they have specific policy against that!A: That policy actually does not have anything about this.B: Ah, that's because they are so ethical that they didn't even think to mention this in their policy!Sure, this sounds extremely convincing.(and of course, nobody ever ignored or tiptoed around a written policy, ever) 1 reply →
smsm42 7 hours ago A: it looks like this article is no more than an adB: Oh noes, it can't be, they have specific policy against that!A: That policy actually does not have anything about this.B: Ah, that's because they are so ethical that they didn't even think to mention this in their policy!Sure, this sounds extremely convincing.(and of course, nobody ever ignored or tiptoed around a written policy, ever) 1 reply →
It’s a puff piece with no substance that tries to frame the interviewee positively with no real apparent reason.
OK, and? It doesn’t say anything about paid (or otherwise) promotions.
I imagine they forgot to explicitly list that because avoiding undisclosed paid promotions is so baked into the ethics of journalism that saying it out loud didn't cross their minds.
A: it looks like this article is no more than an ad
B: Oh noes, it can't be, they have specific policy against that!
A: That policy actually does not have anything about this.
B: Ah, that's because they are so ethical that they didn't even think to mention this in their policy!
Sure, this sounds extremely convincing.
(and of course, nobody ever ignored or tiptoed around a written policy, ever)
1 reply →