Wait what? Facebook "Oversight Board" is giving "embargoed" access of its *full* decisions to individual writers? Like a single person? Is that so? No. Not okay. (Not naming the person because it doesn't mean she did something wrong). But, no, no, no. We aren't their PR agents.
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Giving "embargoed" access to a hundred+ journalists one day ahead of release? Sure. That's basically giving people tools to write a better story when the news hits. Giving it to a single person or even a handful? No, no, no. We should not play that game. Let them hire PR agents.
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This isn't even good PR. This is basically Oversight Board saying we'll play the PR game more than we'll play the "we make decisions" game. Not that I was offered such early access (wonder why) but I'd personally refuse unless it was offered to most everyone else. Then it's fine.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Mathew Ingram
Yes. We already saw how access journalism ruined political reporting. As academics, the one thing we have is our independence. We should resist this *as a group*. I can easily pledge not to accept such embargoes unless I'm assured they're offered widely.https://twitter.com/mathewi/status/1355925587311915010 …
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