Tag Archives: ethical estoppel
Fact Checker Ethics, Part II: Validating Deceit, and Practicing It Too
In its review of Washington Post “Fact Checker” Glenn Kessler’s shameful refusal to call the Democratic dissembling on Social Security, Ethics Alarms saved the best—which is to say, worst—for last. Continue reading
Fact Checker Ethics: Alibis For Obama, Part I
Maybe the Post can install a fact-checker for its fact-checker, at least when the Obama Administration’s deceit and deception on Social Security is being examined. Continue reading
Filed under Finance, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Leadership, U.S. Society
The Despicable Nadya Suleman and Ethics Estoppel
From the beginning, the only thing keeping Nadya Suleman from being unequivocally despicable has been the lingering suspicion that she was mentally ill. It might be more than a suspicion, to be fair: having octuplets by artificial insemination when one already has six young children and no viable means of support could be called “proof.” Now even that malady is a sufficient defense: the issue is settled, and she is despicable beyond redemption. Continue reading
Filed under Bioethics, Family, Gender and Sex, Health and Medicine, Journalism & Media, Love
