The idea behind the quest was an honorable one: a blog called Online Integrity would be the anchor and focal point for a nonpartisan, nonideological statement of principles about respecting privacy, signed onto by bloggers of varying viewpoints (this site signed onto it early and remains a firm supporter of the idea).
What happened after that? And is it still a viable idea? The National Journal looks and and analyzes Online Integrity’s saga.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.