Transcript of #editorchat 6/17
[21:02:09] dawnriversbaker: RT @BeckyDMBR: @mhertz Q1 Always, constantly check facts, even after publishing. Always subject to change. #editorchat (yep, yep!)
[21:02:13] lauriemeisel: @KatPowers That is a great practice including the correction at the top. #editorchat
[21:02:19] milehighfool: @WpgGirl Isn’t that the editor’s job? Talk about a tough position to be in. #editorchat
[21:02:26] jennipps: Hello, everyone. Sorry I’m so late. (Jen, fl writer in Oklahoma.) #editorchat
[21:02:31] GLHancock: Q1: I RT Ann Curry, but sometimes she makes a mistake, then I RT her corrections. Wrong thing to do? #editorchat
[21:03:07] fanihiman95376: The whole Internet is up for interpretation-even Wiki information should not be totally trusted. Anyone with access to computer #editorchat
[21:03:07] milehighfool: @Mrs_Write CNN got skewered at 140conf– is there really a clear winner among the networks? Or was Twitter the winner? #editorchat
[21:03:14] LisaGemini: @GLHancock No, Ann Curry is pretty accurate. As long as you RT corrections, no worries. #editorchat
[21:03:22] wmduke: Q1: There is a 3rd party app used to verify celebrity accounts. Could one be developed to score reliability of tweeters? #editorchat
[21:03:47] BeckyDMBR: @milehighfool Well, see, I disagree that all citizens are reporters. (Forgot hashtag before) #editorchat
[21:03:57] LisaGemini: @wmduke That’s a slippery slope. Who decide which tweeters are reliable? #editorchat
[21:03:59] bfuller9: o @netta50 and @milehighfool pts, individual Tweeter is open to lawsuits. So there’s an element of self-restraint or should be #editorchat
[21:03:59] LydiaBreakfast: @jennipps Hi Jen just jump in #editorchat
[21:04:05] GLHancock: @LisaGemini 
Ann Curry is Goddess, IMHO. #editorchat
[21:04:07] netta50: You have to be as careful of the Tweets as any other source. Even more so. #editorchat
[21:04:07] ksablan: @milehighfool Tweets can be vetted and curated for final story, but I don’t think there is a way (in most cases) to do realtime #editorchat
[21:04:12] milehighfool: Q1: Interesting that we’re discussing Twitter as if it were a newpaper, or magazine. Sourcing, reputation are crucial. #editorchat
[21:04:14] shortformernie: @milehighfool Any venue that can get people from Iran in the flesh when nobody else can is automatically the winner. #editorchat
[21:04:25] WpgGirl: I think in most cases, the editor will send a reporter to validate the citizen, but in the meantime use the eyewitness report #editorchat
[21:04:27] mhertz: Q1 That’s another question. Who’s “more” responsible for facts proven wrong? The writer or the editor? Or both, assumedly. #editorchat
[21:04:37] LydiaBreakfast: @bfuller9 people don’t understand (for the most part) what their responsibilities are #editorchat
[21:05:00] shortformernie: @milehighfool That’s why Tiananmen Square went to CNN. That’s why the Iran Elections go to Twitter. #editorchat
[21:05:06] BeckyDMBR: @mhertz Q1 Both, tho I tend to feel more responsible as an editor. 
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[21:05:10] jennipps: @mhertz I would think both would be accountable, but perhaps the writer moreso. #editorchat
[21:05:12] LisaGemini: @mhertz Both writer & editor are responsible, with editor being slightly more, IMO. #editorchat
[21:05:15] ksablan: Enough to share relevant (maybe even human-filtered) stream of tweets with explanation that facts can’t be immediately verified? #editorchat
[21:05:16] milehighfool: @BeckyDMBR Skill wise, no. But we are now all part of the mosaic that contributes to the news cycle by virtue of posted content. #editorchat
[21:05:20] GLHancock: @mhertz Who get sued? The publisher, I think. #editorchat
[21:05:28] lauriemeisel: Q1: Twitter was placed on a pedestal at #140conf while MSM was skewered. Ann Curry walked away as a goddess. #editorchat
[21:05:35] KatPowers: RT @shortformernie @milehighfool That’s why Tiananmen Square went to CNN. That’s why the Iran Elections go to Twitter. #editorchat
[21:05:41] fanihiman95376: Reporters/writers shld take care when using online sources(such as Twitter)as with ANY sources 4 info for their writing.Verify! #editorchat
