{"id":2025,"date":"2012-03-21T14:58:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T18:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=2025"},"modified":"2012-03-21T14:58:53","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T18:58:53","slug":"qotd-who-keeps-you-straight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2012\/03\/21\/qotd-who-keeps-you-straight\/","title":{"rendered":"QOTD: Who keeps you straight?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2026\" title=\"poynter-250\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/files\/2012\/03\/poynter-250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/files\/2012\/03\/poynter-250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/files\/2012\/03\/poynter-250-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>As our news director Martha Foley puts it:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Poynter Institute is the high church of journalism ethics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When Poynter published an article on the recent <em>This American Life<\/em> retraction of Mike Daisey&#8217;s story about Chinese workers in Apple factories, we all read it with interest. We&#8217;ve been blogging about the issue, most recently in <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2012\/03\/20\/mike-daisey-this-american-life-and-ncpr\/\">All In<\/a>. You can read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poynter.org\/latest-news\/top-stories\/166997\/the-questions-ira-glass-didnt-answer-in-this-american-life-retraction\/\">the full article<\/a> from Poynter on their website.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the list of questions Poynter would like Ira Glass and the TAL team to answer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What specifically is the fact-checking process at \u201cThis American Life\u201d? Does this apply to all stories? If not, which ones?<\/li>\n<li>As this show was being produced, did the staff have an opportunity  to raise concerns about the reliability of Daisey\u2019s account? Would their  input have mattered?<\/li>\n<li>Besides the decision to go forward without hearing from the  translator, has the staff found other specific failings in its editorial  process?<\/li>\n<li>Who specifically decided that this story was fit to air?<\/li>\n<li>In light of the translator\u2019s account, has the staff considered why  they discounted the opinions of their sources who doubted Daisey\u2019s  contention that Foxconn employs underage workers?<\/li>\n<li>Did the staff consider whether there was another way to air this story without relying solely on Daisey\u2019s account?<\/li>\n<li>Will the show change its vetting procedures as a result of this incident?<\/li>\n<li>Will staff be hesitant to bring performers and others into  journalistic stories in the future? Will they handle those situations  differently?<\/li>\n<li>Are listeners to understand that all of the\u00a0stories on \u201cThis  American Life\u201d should be\u00a0viewed as literal truth-telling, up to  the\u00a0standards of journalism?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This rigor is what makes Poynter, well, Poynter&#8211;the go-to place when questions about best practices in journalism and media come up in our shop. If you&#8217;d like to know more about Poynter, go <a href=\"http:\/\/about.poynter.org\/about-us\/mission-history\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Question of the Day is:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>In your work, what or who is the recognized standard bearer for ethics and best practices?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Question of the Day: In your work, what or who is the recognized standard bearer for ethics and best practices?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[5450,6243,6242,6239],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}