Tag Archives: journalism
It’s Come to This: The Schoolboard Shooter Spin Competition
The frightening incident in which a man held a Panama City, Florida school board at gun point (he was ultimately shot and killed by a security officer) is somehow being used…or is being perceived as being used…to discredit both the Right and the Left in ultra-polarized America. Yet it has absolutely nothing to do with either. Continue reading
Julian Assange: Not a Hero, Not a Terrorist, Not a Criminal, Just an Asshole
Assange’s real priority is Assange, and everything and everyone else is secondary. Luckily, there is a word for such people, a useful label that will help us assess his actions and motives. Continue reading
Leslie Johnson, the Implications of Guilt and the “Innocent Until Proven Guilty” Confusion.
There is a difference between being fair and being stupid. The press has an obligation to make that distinction clear, if only to protect us from the Leslie Johnsons of the world. Continue reading
The Ethics of Outing the Movie Star
My least favorite website, the ethically challenged Gawker, became the latest media source to publish rapidly spreading tales of the gay sexual escapades of a well-known Hollywood leading man who is also married, has children, attracts a great deal of … Continue reading
Newsweek’s Biased Cover Ethics
Newsweek’s outrageous artwork on Boehner’s face was a new low, but we can undoubtedly expect future covers featuring Chis Cristy with a Snidely Whiplash mustache drawn on his face in crayon and Jim DeMint wearing devil horns. Continue reading
The Facebook Founder’s Sinister and Unethical Hundred Million Dollar Gift
In a shocking development last week that received very little thoughtful or critical coverage from the newsmedia, Facebook mogul and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg gave the Newark schools $100 million in return for dictating how the schools are run. Continue reading
On Idiots, Book-Burnings, and Journalistic Ethics
There may have been a time in the dim past of journalism when it would be fair to expect the Fifth Estate to avoid turning a book-burning into an international incident solely by reporting it, but that time has past. We should be pleased if today’s reporters just get the facts right. That is about the highest standard of ethical journalism we can demand today. Continue reading
“Hyping,” Reporting, Responsiblility, and Race
If a news story was “about race,” as the Washington Post editor said, why didn’t the Post reporting mention the race of the participants? Continue reading
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