The Inaugural

President-elect Barack Obama takes the oath of office today in Washington, D.C. The event is rife with significance -- historical, political, racial, social and likely economic and military -- and being the 21st Century, most folks with an opinion about its significance have no qualms about sharing that opinion online.

Journalists though, who are traditionally discouraged from announcing opinions -- political or otherwise -- are still grappling with how to navigate the online world and participate fully in social networks where MySpace and Facebook friends routinely discuss political leanings. 

It's one thing for journalists to discuss their opinions in a newsroom, or with a small group of friends, but it's entirely different when that opinion is posted on a social networking site. 

An article on the Poynter Institutes's Web site takes a crack at dissecting the opinions of journalists who have let their leanings be known in the public-private world of Facebook.