Alleged Attempted Murderer and Assailant

Seen this man? Not sure? Did you know “Police believe he threatened to kill ex-fiancee?” While you can read this article on what he is alleged to have done, seeing this picture and information tweeted raised a question for me:

Will news journalists jumping on the twitter bandwagon cross the line and convict someone in the court of online public opinion BEFORE they get their trial?

Is this any different from what we have now? After all, people post pictures in the newspaper…but tweeting a picture to thousands of followers, that is something else. How do we protect the rights of the accused and keep them from becoming victims of a society embracing social media?

I don’t have the answers to this…love your responses, esp if you’re a journalist working with social media!

Responses:

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