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http://www.omniture.com --> Mail Tribune Blogs --> --> « Does the Rig live? Change is in the wind » A culture clash? Posted by Bob Hunter So we had a bit of a culture clash in a story we ran today in the newspaper on Page 1A about a growing number of fights between girls in local schools and nationally. We ran three photos plucked from YouTube videos to illustrate the issue, but then balked at the idea of providing links to the videos, either in the paper or on our Web site. Why? Well, we had some good old-fashioned concerns about the videos, including: 1. It seemed likely that some of the videos were staged for the benefit of the videographers. We didn’t want to present something to readers in a false light. 2. There was a lot of foul language, F-bombs etc. in the audio. 3. One of the videos was hosted by a .com site that included links to other sites that looked suspiciously like porn (not that I checked it out, mind you!). Maybe we’re too worried about that stuff, but there is a real ethic in newrooms about setting standards and sticking to them. We don’t think we should be wandering away from that just because we’re participating in a medium that sometimes seems like it has no standards at all. If you’re dying to see the girls fighting videos, you can easily search for them on YouTube if you’re so inclined. This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 6th, 2007 at 10:38 am and is filed under From the Editor . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. Leave a Reply Mail Tribune Blogs is proudly powered by WordPress Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS) .