My Clips- Cause of plane crash west of Bozeman under investigation, pilot pronounced dead at scene August 31, 2010
- The man who wanted train horns August 16, 2010
- Money well spent? August 15, 2010
- Local telecom company gets $64 million to bring high-speed Internet to rural Gallatin County August 5, 2010
- Montana Opticom receives $64 million in stimulus money for rural broadband August 4, 2010
- AT&T to replace Alltel in Montana within a year June 25, 2010
- Bozeman twin looks to scale namesake peak: K2 June 21, 2010
- High water claims Amsterdam Road bridge June 12, 2010
- Trio of veteran Belgrade teachers retiring June 7, 2010
- MSU robot digger wins NASA competition May 29, 2010
Tag Archives: Ethics
Wikipedia institutes new editing policies for certain articles
Today CNN is reporting that Wikipedia has added a layer of oversight to articles about living people. The hope is that the extra layer of editing on these articles will help iron out inaccuracies in these articles, which often appear as the first search result for famous people’s names. The new feature, called “flagged revisions,” [...]
Bozeman police officer apologizes for his Facebook remarks
Cody Anderson, the Bozeman police officer who made some unprofessional comments on his Facebook profile, apologized to the department and to the citizens at a press conference Wednesday, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported. Deputy Police Chief Marty Kent: “We recognize how fragile and important the public trust is ... We had an officer who made a [...]
Posted in Ethics, Social Networking Also tagged Bozeman, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Cody Anderson, Facebook, Marty Kent, police, Rober Vanuka, Social Networking Comments closed
Police officer’s Facebook postings part of lawsuit against City of Bozeman
The City of Bozeman is in the news in connection with Facebook again. This time, the city is being sued by Matthew White, who claims that Bozeman Police officers violated his civil rights when they came to his home on Feb. 14, 2009, looking for another man. The lawsuit names several police officer defendants, including [...]
Posted in Ethics, Social Networking Also tagged Bozeman, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Bozeman Police Department, Cody Anderson, Matthew White, Social Networking Comments closed
Montana ACLU congratulates Bozeman for rescinding password policy
The ACLU of Montana congratulated the City of Bozeman for rescinding its password policy in an undated statement posted to the organization’s Web site. “While an employer can (and likely should during the course of a background check) view an applicant’s public profile on online sites, demanding access to information that applicant has set to private [...]
Posted in Ethics, Social Networking Also tagged ACLU, Associated Press, Bozeman, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, privacy, Social Networking Comments closed
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Jacob Weisberg criticizes bias at Fox News