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this article seems misguided to me. when journalists talk with witnesses or comment on existing sources, you don't blame the sources if their inaccurate. nothing changes now that those sources are talking directly as well. the press must continue the same vetting, scrutiny, and synthesis now that those sources are communicating in a different way, while audiences must learn to do a bit of it themselves, seeing the sources the way journalists do and not simply as journalists themselves. (can also think about something like man on the street -- press' job to contextualize) if issue is instead privacy, yeah this is an issue -- but a separate one from citizen journalism. and if it's about these people not doing something more constructive, i mean -- they're not doctors, i don't know exactly what they could do, and all things being equal, reporting would seem more constructive to me than doing nothing at all. no?

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Knowing your legal rights and responsibilities is important for anyone who publishes online. The CMLP's legal guide addresses the legal issues you may encounter as you gather information and publish your work. The guide is intended for use by citizen media creators with or without formal legal training, as well as others with an interest in these issues.

technically a charity. But the best form of charity is to help people help themselves . . . teach a man to fish and all that.

Civil Society Media and Global Governance: Intervening into the World Summit on the Information Society

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the press= not just to inform an already engage public, "a public that may or may not emerge, but to improve the chances that it will emerge."

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