Why Bitcoin poses an interesting ethical conundrum for journalists

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Why Bitcoin poses an interesting ethical conundrum for journalists

Very interesting, I don’t know from a journalist perspective but from a blogger perspective to follow FTC.gov guidelines all sponsored posts where compensation was received to write about anything gets disclosed, however having holdings in a company stock outside of payment for the article specifically doesn’t fall under those guidelines. If you consider bitcoin a currency I don’t think there is any reason to disclose you own bitcoins anymore to say you have savings in CAN or USD as you mentioned in your article, but currency generally is controlled, you can’t choose not to use USD in the US (well you can online and use currency converters..etc) whereas bitcoin use is 100% optional and you don’t have to use it. I would disclose if you use it because if your article is favorable to the point of recommending and you have bitcoins, you may be swaying to use a service that you...

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