Tag Archives: journalistic objectivity
Herman Cain, the News Media’s New Sarah Palin
At least when the media and pundits decided to suspend basic principles of fairness and decency to attack Sarah Palin for the unforgivable crime of being an outspoken conservative woman (even before she had a chance to show she deserved to be attacked for other reasons), she had been nominated for Vice President. Business executive Herman Cain, a similarly reviled aberration from the expected norm as a black Republican, is now getting equally unconscionable journalistic treatment just for getting decent poll numbers. Continue reading
Double Standard Ethics: What the “Occupy Wall Street” Demonstrations Have Revealed So Far
Jon Stewart claims Occupy Wall Street is just like the Tea Party. You could have fooled me. Continue reading
The Obama Speech Flap: Case Study in Liberal Media Bias Attempted and Abandoned
In attempting the let President Obama off the hook for an episode that made him look petty and weak, the Washington Post found itself in an untenable position. Continue reading
Filed under Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Professions, U.S. Society
Ethics Quote of the Week: Greta Van Susteren
Gtrea Van Susteren asks why Wisconsin journalists haven’t demanded that the thugs on the Wisconsin Supreme Court resign. Good question! Continue reading
Incompetent Elected Official of the Month: Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.)
Rep. Carson is an incompetent, unscrupulous, irresponsible disgrace, and if the Democratic Party was appropriately committed to civil discourse and fairness, it would tell him so. It won’t. Continue reading
Unethical Web Headline of the Month: The Huffington Post
So why did the Huffington Post (and CBS, and the New York Daily News, and Yahoo, and Newser, and Fox…) use a headline that made it sound like the American Justice system was doing its Kafka imitation, and a photo of the young African-American teen calculated to tug on our heartstrings and make Al Sharpton go bananas? Continue reading
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“Professionalism?” What’s THAT? Julie Chen, CBS and the Descent of Broadcast Journalism
Julie Chen disgraced her network, her profession, and, I’m sorry to say, her gender. This is the state of broadcast journalism in 2011; this is what CBS has descended to, from the days of Murrow, Severeid and Cronkite. Continue reading
Comment of the Day: “The Washington Post Flunks Integrity, Conflicts, and Trustworthiness”
If this is typical of how journalists view their profession’s ethical obligations—and I think it is—the comment explains a lot. Here is the Comment of the Day, by okonheim. Continue reading
Comment of the Day: “Follow Up and Clarification On The Hiroshima Apology Cable: I Was Wrong, I Apologize…and More”
Rick Jones generously contributes his analysis to the botched Hiroshima apology story in this Comment of the Day. Continue reading →
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