Posted on 09/10/2017 7:44:25 AM PDT by C19fan
In a social-media workshop with staff members on Friday, Sudeep Reddy, a managing editor at Politico, said that the organization discards “dozens” of job applications and referrals over inappropriate, partisan or puerile tweets. “We are deliberately nonpartisan in the kind of journalism that we pursue,” Reddy told the Erik Wemple Blog after the meeting. Politico vets “hundreds” of possible hires per week, said Reddy. “We have found on Twitter feeds revealing insight into how people write.”
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What’s to stop someone from lying that they DO NOT have such an account(s)? False names, etc....
Pollutico....”nonpartisan”. Hahahahahahaha. No reason to bother reading further.
Back in the ‘60’s my mother said, (approximately) “Never put anything on your car that identifies a political stance. No matter what, you will piss somebody off and you aren’t there to protect your car. There’s no need to let anybody know anything about your private life.”
I feel the same way about Twitter, Facebook and any social media. A friend and former teacher told me the school sent around an email warning them that they would most likely be fired if they put something controversial on social media.
None of my social media accounts are in my real/full name.
And if they ask, I don’t have any such accounts.
I don’t know if even such a question is even legal.
So True....I had a pro military license plate holder on my practically new car and someone gave me a $3300 key job! I live in California but in a primarily conservative county.
After tossing 85% of the resumes in the circular file a smart employer refines the hiring process by vetting candidates on social media.
Not that I ever did anything like hat...:-)
I would think any nom de plume using “ podesta” would get you a “ job” at politico
That’s OK...The Wash Post and NY Times will hire ‘em.
Yes but here is what’s next. Soon it won’t be enough to not have any “wrong thinking” on social media. You will have to have a “positive footprint” with ample examples of PC “correct thinking” on twitter etc.
Of course they’re ‘nonpartisan’; they love Republicans like John McCain, Lindsey Graham, et al. Let’s see them claim they are non-ideological or non-agenda driven.
Amazingly the ones they do hire have apparently passed this screening test...
I have a Facebook account I created under a false name, so I could comment on some other message boards and news sites, which for some reason have gravitated to using your Facebook account to put comments there.
I don’t see how it’s legal to ask about social media in job interview and job recruitment procedures. However, if you put yourself on social media, you are opening yourself up to the public.
I never understood the attraction of Facebook and My Space and such. Do you want to make public various aspects of your life?
I understand the desire to share pictures of your vacation and all that. I send such info via email to family and friends, rather than using a Facebook account to communicate.
And the Facebook account I mentioned is blank, there is nothing in it. I just set it up so I could do some things online which assume that you have a Facebook account.
Everyone does understand that Politico is actually just an arm of the Washington Post, right?
Well said.
He’s lying. Their current reporters all have gravely partisan Twitter feeds.
That’s the reason for this article.
Once you get to the point in your career where you can apply at someplace like Politico, you will have had a Twitter because it’s a tool 99.9% of journos uses.
No twit, no Linkedin, and no Faceplant accounts. I once had a Faceplant under a fake name but was banned for speaking in defense of a private business that was being terrorized by leftists.
And they wonder why I try to keep my real-world identity private.
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