PressEthic

A few media activists have written a book about bias, and you may be surprised to hear what they're saying.

I'm talking to you, Ray Beldner.

Is it possible to keep the news from being sucked into stock market hubbub?

Here we go: The Pulitzer Prize may now be awarded for material published online.

Who should be in charge of a company's advertising campaign? Are advocacy groups really consumers?

In the introduction to "Breaking Bonaduce," alcoholic, pill popping, emotionally abusive husband Danny Bonaduce (of Partridge Family fame) says, "My life is a car accident. You have every right to slow down and watch." Is it? How about later, at the morgue? Lately, some states have restricted the availability of autopsy photos to the public. How much do we really have a right to know?

Ok, we've covered it all. The Amish are on the internet; I think Al Gore can call it a day. Mission accomplished.

Some in Hollywood want product spots to be clearly noted in credits.

The newspaper business is not booming, to be sure. I for one am glad that Dean Baquet is staying focused on delivering good news.

How much can you help out your fellow journalist without crossing ethical lines?

Runner's world has found the way to bring in new readers: shirtless men.

Lies, all lies. The White House feels free to change their transcripts and pay off "journalists" who do their bidding. Frankly I'm sick of real journalists taking the blame.

Changes in media are inevitable, and book publishers could learn from the overzealous and ineffective route taken by the RIAA.

I have a silly, but I think valid, bone to pick with the New York Times.

Both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are talking about problems in prisons. Is it predictable, though, that they have such varied angles? Or are they just choosing to report different news?