Today's electronic audio editors make it easy to slice and dice sound files. It's possible to make someone sound like they're saying something that they really never said.That's why it's important to follow some ethical rules in how you cut audio sound bites.
Mary McGuire has a great list of guidelines here.
It's OK to "clean up" a quote, but never OK to change its meaning.
5 comments:
I just think this is a little bit scary knowing that someone can alter your words & basically configure your voice to something you never said. Is this 2007 or what?
This makes me a little nervous. Who knows what will happen with technology next!
Working at WSIU radio station I can understand how people can miscontrue certain soundbites. I never cut and swipe words around. It's my job to make the sound clip quality and professional as best as I can without changing the meaning or the clip. Its nice to know we have conduct rules to regulate people misleading with false actuality clips.
Well, technology is getting more advanced and intense for good and bad reasons, but where is the privacy? I think this is just another headache waiting to occur.
i completely agree with the current regulations on manipulatig sound bites....however i do love youttube and david letterman spoofs where they completely misconstrue what was said, it's pretty hilarious. itsnt technology great?
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