Reply #9: "Public Eye is a Web log or blog because this the best format for what ... [View All]

[understandinglife]

... we’re trying to do — create an easy way to view multiple entries in a day, have accessible public comment areas and easy access to other relevant stories, sites, documents, Web video and resources. Unlike like many blogs, this one will be edited (gasp!) — not censored, but edited — for style, clarity and to make sure any factual reporting conforms to CBS News Standards and Practices. However, the writers on Public Eye will be encouraged to write in a casual, conversational style and they will be making judgments and comments that might be considered editorializing if they appeared in a hard news story or section.

No major broadcast or cable network has ever tried anything like Public Eye. We are learning as we go. We’re asking our audience to be unabashed and prolific in participating, honest but generous when we blunder and not too reticent if we happen to do something well upon occasion.

Dick Meyer
Editorial Director
CBSNews.com
September 2005

More at link:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/30/publiceye/main805566.shtml

In just 12 months .... quite a change. Just imagine if this had existed in September 2004.


Peace.