There's quite an ethical debate going on in newsrooms re: journalists "liking" the Facebook page of a source. Why you ask? Critics say that a journalist gives the appearance of a breach of objectivity when s/he clicks the "like" button for a politician or a governmental entity. I chalk it up to semantics. When I click "like" for an entity like the Coeur d'Alene Police Department (as I did this week), I simply mean that I want to read its news releases and general information from that entity on Facebook. Journalists aren't as conflicted about Twitter because that social media simply provides the option to "follow" rather than to "like." What do you think?

Question: Are journalists being hypersensitive to the "like" button on Facebook? Or do they have a good point re: the possible appearance of a breach of objectivity?