Tag Archives: conservatives
It Has Come to This
This is how it starts, with Barack and Michelle announcing their touching concern over bullying. It continues with some boys being disciplined for denigrating high school girls on their website—all in the privacy of their own homes, of course—and then moved on to some students being punished for spreading vicious rumors about teachers. Do we see the slippery slope yet? Now Mrs. Dell’isola’s daughter is being suspended, not for bullying, not for libeling teachers, but for her mean wishes. Continue reading
Obama’s Social Security Cover-Up, as the Media Snoozes
Social Security does contribute to the deficit and is facing insolvency. The Obama administration is lying to the public about it, as blatantly as any previous administration, and in complete defiance of the President’s transparency pledge. Continue reading
Filed under Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Professions, U.S. Society
The NPR Ethics Train Wreck
Ethics train wreck scholars take note: when an organization’s image and existence is based on multiple lies, an ETW is inevitable. Today’s lesson: NPR Continue reading
Unethical Quote of the Week: Time Magazine
Maybe I owe blogger TBogg an apology. I thought only left-wing Palin-haters could be so disoriented by ideological fervor that they could believe the satirical story claiming that the former Alaska governor had told Sean Hannity that Christina Aguilera should be banished for botching the lyrics of the National Anthem. I didn’t think Time Magazine was in this class as well. Continue reading
News Flash! Satire Confusion Syndrome Epidemic Spreads to the Left!
Surprise! The Left is just as prone to hate-fueled humor insensitivity as the Right. Continue reading
Ethics Hero: Marvin Kalb
Agreeing with the mainstream media’s view of the world and approving of how they practice journalism are two very different things, and in the incestuous world of the mainstream media, it takes an Ethics Hero to admit it. Continue reading
Filed under Ethics Heroes, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Professions
The Status of Dismissed Gay Troops: An Ethics Test For The GOP
Despite the biases of their supporters, Republicans have an ethical and a patriotic duty to support Smith’s proposal. The only reasons for doing otherwise are mean-spiritedness, bigotry, and cynical pandering to the worst instincts of their constituency. Continue reading
WSJ’s James Taranto Flunks His Ethics Test
Ah, James, I have misjudged you, I fear. Continue reading
Unethical Web Post of the Month: William Rivers Pitt
Mr. Pitt’s rant is entitled “The Wrath of Fools: An Open Letter to the Far Right,” which, if it were written by anyone with a history of the relative moderation of, say, Richard Cohen, Nancy Pelosi or Bill Maher, I would assume was satire. Continue reading
