Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Update: Comments are now back with moderation, according to Romenesko.

“Nothing we do must call into question the impartiality of our news judgment. We never abandon the guidelines that govern the separation of news from opinion, the importance of fact and objectivity, the appropriate use of language and tone, and other hallmarks of our brand of journalism.”

Former WP media reporter Howard Kurtz, who is now working for the website The Daily Beast, gave at the time his personal rules for Twittering that make a lot of sense:
a) Don’t say something that makes you look like a blithering idiot.
b) Don’t appear to be in the pocket of Democrats or Republicans (or birthers or truthers).
c) Stick to subjects on which you actually have a clue.
d) Refrain from boring people with the minutiae of your daily life.
e) Don’t say anything you couldn’t defend as fair analysis in print or on the air.