Thursday 26 July 2012

thisiscornwall.co.uk trust religious content as news?


Is church a museum for good people? | This is Cornwall


Not for the first time, thisiscornwall.co.uk has had religious sermons posted by 'trusted sources' as news.


My objection lies not in the content of the article itself, but the fact that it is presented as news.



“This is a news site, right?
If I wanted a sermon delivered to my news reader, I would follow the Methodist UK website's news feed - and I don't.
Let's try a little experiment shall we? 
Arrow up for support of my writing a news article in rebuttal of religious content as news.
Arrow down for support of halting religious content on a news site.
I'll give you all a day or two. Your choice.
(If it's even, I'll vote up.)”


A further comment of mine suggests that thisiscornwall.co.uk might wish to integrate blogging services into their website, thus allowing citizen journalism and the freedom of expression to be properly delineated.


Your thoughts?


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