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LinuxWorld Senior Editorial Staff Resigns

Posted by Zonk on from the someone-should-have-thought-ahead-on-this-one dept.

sachmet writes "In light of the interview with Fuat Kirccali, James Turner has announced on his blog the immediate resignation of the LinuxWorld senior editorial staff." From the post: "We regret that Sys-Con Media has been unable to apply a standard of journalistic ethics that we can comfortably operate under. We feel that recent articles published with the consent of Sys-Con Media fail to meet minimum generally accepted journalistic codes, and because the management of Sys-Con Media has failed to acknowledge that the articles are by all informed judgment ethically unsupportable, we have decided we must find other avenues for our work."

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  1. Honesty by ninthwave · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It is nice to see some honesty and morals in the mess that journalism has become.

    It is sad that it took this mess for it to be shown.

    I wonder if slashdot might be hiring or its parent company might have a home for these people. Even if it is just for PR purposes.

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    1. Re:Honesty by capt.Hij · · Score: 5, Insightful

      When Turner first acknowledged problems with the O'gara article he used some weasel words and stopped short of apologizing. I was critical of him and his staff, but now he has really stepped up to the plate and did the right thing. It will certainly be a costly action on his part, and he has shown a lot of class and integrity. I was critical of him before, but I was wrong.

      Kudos to a group of people who made a difficult decision and did the right thing.

  2. Ex Linuxworld editiorial staff by backslashdot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    These people who resigned because of their willingness to stand by their morals are welcome in my home any day.

    If I owned a publishing house I would hire them immediately.

  3. Re:In a Linux magazine you can't say... by Pharmboy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You need to do a little more research. Anyone can say anything negative about Pamela at any magazine. Publishing personal information for the sole purpose of inviting stalkers is not news or commentary, its predatory and unethical.

    I don't always agree with Pamela's point of view, but I don't publish mom's address to invite harm to her.

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