November 8th, 2011
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New AP Guidelines For Retweets: No Opinions Allowed From Journalists - AllTwitter

AP has published guidelines for their journalists to follow when retweeting items on Twitter. 

They specify: 

“Retweets, like tweets, should not be written in a way that looks like you’re expressing a personal opinion on the issues of the day. A retweet with no comment of your own can easily be seen as a sign of approval of what you’re relaying.”

Read more about their detailed guidelines on All Twitter. 

What do you think about the new guidelines? 

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  1. journalismworkshops reblogged this from onaissues
  2. joegullo said: If you just retweet and do not offer an explanation either agreeing or disagreeing display opinion?
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