A week ago, CBSnews.com launched “PublicEye”, a blog that attempts to give transparency to the reporting process at CBS and provides a forum to discuss the role of the “4th Estate”. Transparency is especially important to CBS after the “rathergate” scandal over forged documents questioning President Bush’s National Guard service last year.

It’s still too early to tell how PublicEye will develop. Because CBS doesn’t have a 24-hour television news network, it important for the organization to build their Internet newsroom and create/sustain an audience without being about to direct TV viewers to their website. So far, it seems like the folks at CBS are doing a decent job, but they’re still trying to figure out some of the more technical aspects of blogging, such as regulating comments. Jeff Jarvis over at Buzzmachine shares his take on the topic.

Some notable PublicEye posts from the last week:

Outside Voices: Jay Rosen’s Open Letter To CBS

The Morning Meeting