By Mondo Times editors
Boulder Colorado USA
Posted on December 7, 2009 at 12:39pm

New Study Says Standard Unclear For Maintaining Online News Archives

-- The Columbia Journalism Review reported on December 4, 2009:

"Of all the requests she’s received to erase information contained in online articles, Kathy English, the public editor of the Toronto Star, says one in particular stands out.

The reason? It came from a fellow journalist, on behalf of a friend who wanted some embarrassing and outdated information scrubbed from the Star’s Web site. English couldn’t believe a journalist would endorse that kind of request.

“That’s when I knew that I was on top of something in terms of the industry not having consistency [when it comes to this issue],” English says."

The full story:
http://www.cjr.org/regret_the_error/archival_research.php

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