Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Can I ethically report on a friend's travel agency if I am a travel corresponder?

            No, I do not believe that you can, unless you have someone else edit it and have them write in all the facts. Otherwise you will probably try to remain neutral but you will unconsciously lean towards making the company your friend owns look better. This is simply not ethical because it might be the worst company that has a lot of crashes and deaths involved in it or it could be the best company but be mega expensive either way you might be making someones travel very tight in expense which could cause your company a loss in money. The best way to write about your friends travel agency is to write the article but then give it to someone else on the staff and have them check it over to make sure all the facts are right and that your article remains neutral.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Does an "internet kill switch" go against our 1st amendment

           This could go either way. In my opinion it does go against the first amendment because that's what the Internet it is your freedom of speech and of the press. It is these things because on the Internet you can do just about anything from starting a new website to helping a website become more popular. At the same time though it could also benefit us helping us get out more so it helps solve obesity with-in our country. Though in all actuality we could just get the Internet through other sources such as calling other nations and uploading things that way. Plus America thrives through the Internet, we use the Internet to debate possible trade agreements and we communicate through the Internet from emails and web-cams. From whichever direction you take this topic you can argue it with facts and opinions so I, myself am on the fence about this but I lean more towards the fact that it does breach the first amendment.