But encouragingly, there seemed to be just as many pieces and stories condemning this type of reporting, and not just limited to personal blogs and Facebook posts; a lot of this was also in the mainstream press.
"Some people have called this type of reporting as curation, as if it's something totally new," he wrote in an e-mail.
A study by the Solutions Journalism Network and the Engaging News Project at the University of Texas into how audiences respond to solutions-based journalism suggested that, at the end of such an article, readers were more likely to seek out further coverage by news organisations that produced this type of reporting.
Although a more vulnerable commentary in Southern Weekend was singled out for attack, one journalist said, the purges "may mean that this type of reporting, focusing on particular cases to expose bigger problems, is going to be hard to push forward".
To expand this type of reporting to other segments of the critical business sector is important.
"We are seeing a lot of demand and interest because more and more businesses are being driven by this type of reporting," he said.
"They could get a pat on the back or have their door kicked in by the FBI," he added –and Rice believes there is a better more open and transparent way to deal with this type of reporting.
The aim of the study was to analyze adverse events following immunization reported through SIV from 2005 to 2011 by age, sex, type of vaccine and dose, and adverse event, and highlight the advantages of this type of reporting.
This type of reporting is not only irresponsible, but it is deeply misinformed.
How do those of you who work in the medical field feel about this type of reporting system?
