Tag Archives: New York Times
Easy Question With A Sad Answer: If The New York Times Is The Nation’s Most Respected Newspaper, What Does The Patrick Witt Story Say About The State of American Journalism?
“All the news that’s fit to print.”
Ah, those were the days. Continue reading
Filed under Journalism & Media
The Third Annual Ethics Alarms Awards: The Worst of Ethics 2011 (Part 1)
The 2012 Ethics Alarms Awards…first up, the Worst, Part I. Continue reading
Ethics Dunce: Wall Street Journal Blogger James Taranto
James Taranto has found a way—he thinks—to make unethical GOP campaign tricks seem less objectionable. Compare them to the practices of New York Times columnists. Continue reading
Filed under Character, Ethics Dunces, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Leadership
Five Questions and Answers About The Steven J. Braun Law Firm Halloween Party Outrage
New York Times Joe Nocera is stirring up public outrage because some employees of a law firm involved in questionable foreclosure practices attended the firms 2010 Halloween party dressed as homeless people. Continue reading
A Three-Year-Old’s Privacy, Sacrificed For A Story
It would be nice and admirable if journalists occasionally placed human welfare above getting a juicy story, especially when children are involved, but that isn’t the profession’s mission, and instances like this one, in which a helpless child is collateral damage, demonstrates the ethical carnage of tunnel vision. Continue reading
Abuse of Power and Press Intimidation At The White House
ncreasingly, it seems to me, a favored tactic of stalwarts, in the media and out of it, of the Obama administration is to try to silence critics rather than rebut them. This takes many forms: intimidation by labeling all criticism as proof of racism; using distorted definitions of civility to induce self-censorship, as with the “No Labels” effort and the attacks on Sarah Palin in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting; denying appropriate news coverage to stories illustrating the Administration’s copious missteps and shortcomings; and even calls for regulatory censorship of talk radio and Fox News on the theory that they are harmful and dangerous. This trend is disturbing. For the President of the United States to preside over efforts news media intimidation is more than disturbing; it is frightening. Continue reading
Newt Gingrich: Ethics Victim…Ethics Miscreant…Walking, Talking Ethics Lesson
I’m glad Newt Gingrich is in the presidential race, however foolishly and futilely. He is perhaps the perfect illustration of how a potential political leader’s private personal conduct is not only relevant to assessing his fitness to lead, but predictive of it. Continue reading
Comment of the Day: “Finis: The New Black Panthers Voter Intimidation Affair”
The Comment of the Day regards official reports that dismiss allegations of government misconduct as “unsupported.” Continue reading
Filed under U.S. Society
Finis: The New Black Panthers Voter Intimidation Affair
The Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility, a careful, professional, non-partisan group charged with reviewing allegations of U.S. Government attorney misconduct, released the report on its investigation of the contentious Civil Rights Division handling of the case of two paramilitary-clad members of the New Black Panthers, one carrying a club, who appeared to be at a Philadelphia polling place in November 1008 for the purpose of intimidating voters. Continue reading
Filed under Citizenship, Government & Politics, Law & Law Enforcement, Professions, Race
Quiz: Who is More Unethical, Jayson Blair or Dan Rather?
Be careful! This one is tricky. Continue reading
Filed under Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Professions, Quizzes
