Most American newspaper and television editors have squirmed over whether to carry cartoons of Prophet Mohammed that flashed a firestorm of protest across Europe and the Middle East. But many of their readers and viewers seem to have made a personal editorial choice, with a few clicks of a mouse and an Internet hook-up that can pull up the images in seconds...Established media have traditionally operated by different standards than the new wave of blogs. "The mainstream newspapers see themselves as having a responsibility to practice the best journalism they can," said Aly Colon, professor at the Poynter Institute journalism school in Florida. "As a consequence, they make a decision every day about what they will publish. It requires us to understand why we go to the sources we do for the information that we receive."More of this article...Search Google News for more quotes by Aly Colon...
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