From the Chinese press

The good and bad of micro blogs

An online alliance, formed less than three months ago, for refuting rumors has touched people's nerves. The alliance of self-motivated netizens is committed to "serving the truth" and has already exposed several fake news and information. But it has been subjected to many tough questions and taunts, says an article in People's Daily. Excerpts:

Although some people think that micro blogs make up an ordinary network of people, it has distinct media characteristics with 195 million Web users and has already become an important source for other media. Therefore, it is necessary to discuss the moral baseline of micro blogs. Not only print and TV media reporters should be careful while using information from micro blogs, but also ordinary information providers should be honest with what they say or publish.