Googling people is fun and depending on the search words you can look good or bad.
Perry at the Times says the best way to avoid a negative Google profile is to not drive drunk, not beat your wife or rob a bank.
Fact is lots of things get reported as allegation and conjecture, but in the unforgiving world of the Internet, it becomes fact. The old gatekeepers still have an impact in the hereafter of journalism, which is what shows up on line whether anyone read or believed it in the first place.
Back when I was a reporter and we did police calls we always dutifully reported on the sex crime arrest in Lewis County....But we never found out if it was true.
Unprincipled or lazy journalism leaves a legacy and those who get a pass due to influence, name or position don't realize it.
As the former Labor Secretary said..."where do I go to get my reputation back ?" In the hit and run world of news and the Internet, there is no such place.
Watertown Daily Times | To Google is to find yourself, warts and all
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