Breach of ethics or not?

Pern,

Was. The. Story. Online?

 

Reporters definitely get to have a personal page.
My page is strictly for family and people I've identified as friends. I have dozens of friend requests from people I know who I have no interest in "friending" because I don't want them knowing anything about what I do.
When I hear "social media" I think of a tool that's used to disperse information publicly. Hence, my facebook isn't social media. If the reporter in question has a public facebook and is doing this, I think it's a little sketchy; if it's his private site, then it's his business.
If there is a breach of ethics, it's someone taking information from a private facebook site and making it public. It's modern-day gossiping and I've cut several people off my friends list because they've done this, including relatives.

 

No, it wasn't. He snapped a picture of the proofs and posted it. Stories went up later. That's why I questioned the professionalism of it. The paper had not yet made the story public.

Rhody, you're nuts. Anything you post online is in the public domain. You have to assume that anything you post will be seen by people you don't intend to see it. If you think otherwise, you're kidding yourself.

 

You have a severely overinflated belief in online "privacy." Especially when it comes to Facebook.

 

Sorry for the extra posts … Computer is acting up. No more delete post button?