NYT Tells Its Staff Bumper Stickers Are Forbidden. Posted: 3 months ago by 2manyusernames
As are donating, campaigning, demonstrate, wear buttons, place signs in their yard. They also can not express political preference or affiliation in any website or instant messages.
The Times did generously give its employees the permission to vote however
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Posted: 3 months ago by 2manyusernames:
Showing a lack of bias in commendable and should be striven for.
However having the paper show a smidgen of neutrality might be a better start than worrying about Martha from advertising clicking on a box saying she is a democrat or being concerned about the personal lives of the paper's employees.
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Posted: 3 months ago by larknet:
I mirror 2many's comments. Many of the printed news publications show bias one way or the other. Some even back a candidate or two. In the military, we couldn't wear campaign buttons or actively support a candidate unless on our own time.
Good thing they dont ban bumper stickers for things non-political. Like for Honk if your are .... whatever? Wouldn't that promote possible road rage! Burn Them! oh, wait. BAN THEM! Sorry, got caught in a Monty Python moment.
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Posted: 3 months ago by Moe:
Umm I think that much of this in unconstitutional. My employer no matter whom they might be cannot dictate my actions on a website, or what I put in my yard or on my car.
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Posted: 3 months ago by D3SPiTE:
I think that it is totally fair, if you don't like it quit. It isn't like they are stopping them from voting and they can still make anonymous campaign contributions. They just cannot be a visually ACTIVE supporter while working for them.
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Posted: 3 months ago by D3SPiTE:
Double post...
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Posted: 3 months ago by lynxears:
Crap, it ate my comment, which was well-thought out and good.
And it made me *triple* post. Crap crap crap.
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Posted: 3 months ago by lynxears:
Basically, my comment was that this is actually totally typical for a news organization; I had to strip out all my remotely political groups on Facebook because it was (at the time) a "public" forum.
Any of that can come back to harm the organization's reputation by giving the impression of bias...and reputation is the foundation of the news business.
Such codes of conduct are even typical in other careers, Moe, like teaching. Some teachers have a "moral life" code that restricts some behaviors. It just comes with the territory.
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Posted: 3 months ago by lynxears:
Stupid broken internet, bogging down my comments...(Please don't downvote for the dupe comments)
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Posted: 3 months ago by ImNotBlue:
Of course they would do this...
They allow their writers to be biased IN THEIR WORK... they don't want them taking their work home with them!
That's almost like stealing.
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Posted: 3 months ago by DerAlt:
« lynxears:Basically, my comment was that this is actually totally typical for a news organization; I had to strip out all my remotely political groups on Facebook because it was (at the time) a "public" forum.
Any of that can come back to harm the organization's reputation by giving the impression of bias...and reputation is the foundation of the news business.
Such codes of conduct are even typical in other careers, Moe, like teaching. Some teachers have a "moral life" code that restricts some behaviors. It just comes with the territory. Very true. Ad agencies "encourage" their employees to use their clients products. In the 80's one ad company president would swap their client cigarette brand for any other he saw lying on a desk.
In the '70's a friend who worked as part of management for US Steel was told he needed to wear a hat to work.
Another friend working for IBM would have notes put on his telephone if he wore anything but a white shirt.
Companies do like employee control.
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