BuzzMachine.com | Poynter Online Jeff Jarvis learned from an IP address that a comment on his blog from "Mary" came from a Politico-related company. "If you want to disagree with what I say, great. But at least have the balls I do and say it under your own name," he writes. "This is more than an issue of professionalism (though I do think Politico and other news organizations should hold to a standard of open and persistent identity in their sets of rules). I think open and honest identity is an ethic for everyone online or off." ||
Amy Gahran asks journos: How transparent are you about who you are, what you do, and who you work for when you post comments?
