Comments on: Social media spurs accountability, transparency and yes, honesty http://hackmer.com/hackblog/2008/07/05/social-media-spurs-accountability-transparency-and-yes-honesty/ Analysis of social media, mass media, marketing and technology trends Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:05:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: HACK by Michael Hackmer » Social media DOES spur accountability http://hackmer.com/hackblog/2008/07/05/social-media-spurs-accountability-transparency-and-yes-honesty/comment-page-1/#comment-237 HACK by Michael Hackmer » Social media DOES spur accountability Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:15:47 +0000 http://hackmer.com/hackblog/?p=24#comment-237 [...] In going back and reading my old blog post, I realize that at the time I was a bit harsh on Survival International. Although I did correctly identify that they never claimed the tribe was lost (see “Uncontacted tribe photographed near Brazil-Peru border”) and used the word “uncontacted”, I stated that they should assume the “most blame for the characterization of the story and also its fall-out.” (see “Social media spurs accountability, transparency and yes, honesty”) [...] [...] In going back and reading my old blog post, I realize that at the time I was a bit harsh on Survival International. Although I did correctly identify that they never claimed the tribe was lost (see “Uncontacted tribe photographed near Brazil-Peru border”) and used the word “uncontacted”, I stated that they should assume the “most blame for the characterization of the story and also its fall-out.” (see “Social media spurs accountability, transparency and yes, honesty”) [...]

]]> By: hack http://hackmer.com/hackblog/2008/07/05/social-media-spurs-accountability-transparency-and-yes-honesty/comment-page-1/#comment-184 hack Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:55:26 +0000 http://hackmer.com/hackblog/?p=24#comment-184 Matt, Those are excellent clarifications, and I appreciate you taking the time to post them on my blog. I'll take a look at what you've written a compose a follow-up piece for later in the week to address your points and correct any mistakes I've made. If possible, I'd love to email you a few questions, perhaps conduct an interview on this situation so the record gets straightened out completely. Let me know if you would like to do that. I can be reached at mike@hackmer.com Matt,
Those are excellent clarifications, and I appreciate you taking the time to post them on my blog.

I’ll take a look at what you’ve written a compose a follow-up piece for later in the week to address your points and correct any mistakes I’ve made.

If possible, I’d love to email you a few questions, perhaps conduct an interview on this situation so the record gets straightened out completely. Let me know if you would like to do that. I can be reached at mike@hackmer.com

]]> By: SurvivalInternational http://hackmer.com/hackblog/2008/07/05/social-media-spurs-accountability-transparency-and-yes-honesty/comment-page-1/#comment-183 SurvivalInternational Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:59:48 +0000 http://hackmer.com/hackblog/?p=24#comment-183 Dear Hackmer, Your article would benefit from a couple of clarifications. (1) "...the organization that employed the photographer, Survival International, protested the Guardian’s characterization of the tribe being “lost”..." The photographer was actually working with FUNAI, the Brazilian government's National Indian Foundation. (2) "Making a more detailed disclosure after release of the news created the appearance that the organization had perpetuated a fraud." Survival International has gone to great lengths to make exceedingly clear what the meaning of 'uncontacted' is. 'Full disclosure' of its meaning has been available on our website for years and no further inference than this should have been made from the press release. Moreover, José Carlos dos Reyes Meirelles Jr, the FUNAI researcher who led the expedition, wrote in yesterday's Observer: "The statement we released with the photos contained a statement from me that: 'In this region there are four distinct isolated tribes, which we have monitored for 20 years." ( http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2008/jul/06/12 ) I feel that the media misrepresentation in this situation is greater than you have outlined here. For more information: http://www.survival-international.org/news3405 Thanks for your efforts, Matt Survival International Dear Hackmer,

Your article would benefit from a couple of clarifications.

(1) “…the organization that employed the photographer, Survival International, protested the Guardian’s characterization of the tribe being “lost”…”
The photographer was actually working with FUNAI, the Brazilian government’s National Indian Foundation.

(2) “Making a more detailed disclosure after release of the news created the appearance that the organization had perpetuated a fraud.”

Survival International has gone to great lengths to make exceedingly clear what the meaning of ‘uncontacted’ is. ‘Full disclosure’ of its meaning has been available on our website for years and no further inference than this should have been made from the press release.

Moreover, José Carlos dos Reyes Meirelles Jr, the FUNAI researcher who led the expedition, wrote in yesterday’s Observer:

“The statement we released with the photos contained a statement from me that: ‘In this region there are four distinct isolated tribes, which we have monitored for 20 years.” ( http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2008/jul/06/12 )

I feel that the media misrepresentation in this situation is greater than you have outlined here.

For more information:

http://www.survival-international.org/news3405

Thanks for your efforts,

Matt
Survival International

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