Tag Archives: bias

April 6, 2012

2012 Election Coverage Preview: “Objective” Interviewing Technique, Mainstream Media Style

CNN’s Craol Costello gives us a taste of just how far the media will go to defend its favorite President. Continue reading →

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Filed under Etiquette and manners, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Professions

Tagged as 2012 Presidential election, bias, Carol Costello, CNN, integrity, journalistic ethics, Reince Priebus, spin, talking points

April 4, 2012

No Boating Accident: The NBC 911 Scandal, and the News Media’s Dilemma

NBC explains how it came to doctor 911 tapes to make George Zimmerman sound like a racist. Continue reading →

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Filed under Journalism & Media

Tagged as apologies, bias, cover-ups, George Zimmerman, integrity, journalistic ethics. integrity, media bias, NBC, Trayvon Martin

April 3, 2012

George Zimmerman and the “Racial Profiling” Canard

Racial profiling and racism are not the always same thing, but thanks to media spin and activist shouting, the public thinks they are. Continue reading →

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Filed under Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, U.S. Society

Tagged as "Criminal Minds, bias, CNN, George Zimmerman, journalistic integrity, Norman Mineta, racial profiling, racism, serial killers, Soledad O'Brien, Trayvon Martin

April 1, 2012

Ethics Train Wreck Update: Martin-Zimmerman Reflections

Updates on more misbehavior as the Trayvon Martin Ethics Train Wreck shows no sign of slowing down. Continue reading →

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Filed under Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, Leadership, Race, U.S. Society

Tagged as ABC, bias, burden of proof, CNN, fairness, George Zimmerman, Joe Scarborough, John King, justice, NAACP, NBC, Rep. Hank Johnson, responsibility, Roslyn Brock, Trayvon Martin

March 31, 2012

It’s You, Keith.

When the same thing happens to you five times, you have to face up to it. You’re the jerk. Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Character, Journalism & Media, Professions

Tagged as accountability, Al Gore, bias, bias blindness, civility, Commitment escalation, confirmation bias, Current TV, Eliot Spitzer, ethics, fairness, humility, Keith Olbermann, meanness, MSNBC, psychology, respect, responsibility, restraint bias, self-awareness, self-fulfilling prophesy, self-serving bias, The Halo Effect, trust, trustworthiness, wisdom

March 24, 2012

More Public School Political Indoctrination

At what point do we admit that we can’t trust the public schools? Continue reading →

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Filed under Education, Government & Politics

Tagged as abuse of power, bias, indoctrination, teachers, trust, trustworthiness

March 18, 2012

Revisiting the Tragedy of the Dead Child in the Locked Car

Washington Post writer Gene Weingarten initially didn’t give his opinion on how the law should treat parents who kill their children by leaving them in hot cars. Now he has..and he’s wrong. Continue reading →

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Filed under Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, U.S. Society

Tagged as accountability, bias, class, distraction, empathy, fairness, Gene Weingarten, justice, moral luck, negligence, parents, prosecutorial discretion, punishment, remorse, responsibility