译言:推特迫使媒体正视客观性的意义
又一位记者因推特而辞职——这一次是 CNN 的一位资深编辑、混迹新闻网络达 20 年之久的老手。Octavia Nasr 在推特上发布了一条信息,表达对一位被某些国家(包括美国)视为恐怖组织的真主党精神领袖的什叶派教士的逝世的伤感之情后,同意离开公司。虽然有很多记者都曾因他们在推特和其他网站上的言论而丢了饭碗,但 Nasr 可能是因推特而辞职的职位最高的一个了,而她的离去很可能将会重新激起记者是否应该在社交网站上分享个人意见的辩论。 In a message posted on July 4th at 4 a.m., Nasr — who contributed to the network’s Middle East coverage — said that she was sad to hear of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah’s death, and that she respected him as “one of Hezbollah’s giants.” A CNN spokesperson said that her comments were “an error in judgment” and that they “did not meet CNN editorial standards.” Ironically, Nasr was described in her online biography at the network as “a leader in integrating social media with newsgathering and reporting.” 在 7 月 4 日早上 4 点,Nasr——她负责这一网站的中东地区——在一条信息中说她听说 Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadllallah 逝世的消息感到很难过,她还说她将他敬为“真主党的巨人之一”。一位 CNN 的发言人称她的言论“有失判断”、“不符合 CNN 的编辑的准则。”讽刺的是,Nasr 在这个网站的在线简介上被描述为“集新闻收集与报道于社交媒体的领头羊”。 Nasr said in a blog post that her comment was misinterpreted, and that she didn’t mean she agreed with everything the Hezbollah spiritual leader believed about Israel. She also said that her experience “provides a good lesson on why 140 characters should not be used to comment on controversial or sensitive issues, especially those dealing with the Middle East.” Nasr 在一篇博客中说她的言论被误解了,她的意思并非赞成真主党精神领袖对以色列的一切看法。她还说她的经历“是个很好的例子,说明了为什么那 140 个字的微博不应该用来评论有争议的或者敏感的话题,特别是那些和中东有关的”。 Nasr’s departure is the latest example of the double-edged nature of Twitter when used by the media: its brevity and personal nature makes it the perfect medium for journalists to both report the news and express themselves, and allows them to connect with readers more easily than traditional publishing methods — but those features also make it the perfect weapon for pointing out what critics might take to be a journalist’s failings or personal foibles. And it is tempting for reporters and editors using Twitter outside of the newsroom to say the things they couldn’t say while they were busy trying to remain objective
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