Citizen Journalist Could Face Prison for Fake Jobs Story - Instablogs
Citizen Journalist Could Face Prison for Fake Jobs Story
Akina , Pago Pago: Oct 4 2008
American Samoa :
The gutsy (and stupid) “citizen journalist” who posted an erroneous story that said CEO Steve Jobs had a heart attack has the hallmarks of a short seller, and it’s likely that he (or she) could face criminal charges and possibly prison...
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Asmita
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Asmita Oct 6 2008
Shimla, India
Its stuff like this which gives citizen journalism a bad name. A few months back we had a similar incident here at Insta with a fake bomb hoax. The writer had explained that it was a mock police drill, but only later on in the comments. But it had caused enough panic in people by that time.
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Ramesh Balam
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Ramesh Balam Oct 6 2008
Pune, India
iReport should be taken with a pinch of salt.
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