Should bloggers follow a professional code of ethics?

[AlexBeston]

i guess because they dont bloggers only create comment, its effectively "something you hear in the street"

[1888junkteam]

excellent work!

[colingreczkowski]

HOWARD  GARDNER!

[blahinhawaii]

News shows, papers & magazines are good at making it clear that a certain section contains the opinions of readers or columnists but they are not perfect at it, and there is no requirement that they perfect.

Bloggers often gather and deliver NEWS. Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble...what a crock that turned out to be huh?

[blahinhawaii]

ONLY journlalist with more than 250000 viewers/readers get a press pass by law?

Or the income test...those with capital gains exceeding their journalism income lose priviledges..Or how bout only when your show is broadcast to an LCD television that CAN't double as a computer monitor or isn't also hooked up to a pc...or how bout self-employed mom/pop magazine publishers get no priveledges cuz they have not editor to answer to...the whole debate is stupid-Amendment #1 is CLEAR.