CBS BLOCKS NEWS WRITERS FROM PORN SITES AND THEN SOME

Here's another post from TheWayBack Files. Back in June of 2006, IMDB.com posted [http://imdb.com/news/sb/2006-06-20#tv3|this blurb] from NewsShare.com that reported on how CBS was stopping it's news writers from hitting certain sites with "sex" or other "offensive" words in their names. From the blurb:

Phil Oester, the data security chief at the company, is quoted as saying: "The challenge is to allow reporters to do their work, but you don't want people browsing to porn sites in the middle of the day."

Now, normally, I'd say you've got a pretty big problem if you think your reporters are goofing off at work by visiting porn sites. Sounds to me like you should get yourself some actual reporters. Then again, I'm not so surprised about this. After all, consider the quality of news reporting in today's world. I think maybe every news organization should adopt the "no porn site" policy.

Then again, what if you're covering a huge story that takes you to a domain name called something like:

EssexBrandCocklesAndVirginOliveOilProducedByAmateurCamGirls.com

I think it's a real dilemma! .

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