WASHINGTON: The media industry is divided over the new social networking guidelines The Washington Post instituted for its staffers last Friday, including restrictions on the use of Twitter and Facebook. While social media has helped the industry become more open to the public, the opinionated nature of social media can affect the perception of reporter impartiality.
"I think media needs to allow the outside world into their operations and that's why the social media stuff—Twitter and Facebook—is good," says Eric ...