PressEthic

In Newark you can.

How do you rank constitutional rights? Which is more important, religion or the press? Should we have to choose?

The Donald thinks that the New York Business pages are far superior to those at the New York Times. I'll just let that sink in for a minute.

Wait- they're looking at Judy! That's not what we wanted!

The New York Times is now saying Judith Miller is getting in the way of the issue for which she was likely grandstanding. But they're not being fair either.

There's talk talk talk about changing the face of journalism. Who are we trying to convince?

Are we so cynical that the only way we can believe objectivity is through sarcasm?

Would be J-students are flocking to higher paying careers. Is it good riddence to those who don't ascribe to the the penury agony of being the good guy?

Will cameras in the courtroom diminish the institution?

How can papers claim to be unbiased if they're rooting for one candidate over another?

PBS has just hired the first ombudsman to work for a national television network. Will this be a changing in the tide?

Or sue a photographer, if you're a celebrity.

Layoffs abound, and newspapers are clearly worried about staying afloat. So what do you do? Try a new argument.

Isn't Jayson Blair supposed to be holed up in his mother's basement?

The Supreme Court decided in 1964 that Adam Liptak can't really be sued for libel for his falsehoods about Judge John Roberts. Irony just tickles me pink...

Journalists hold all sorts of ideals about what it means to be the press in the land of the free. One of those they hold most dear is Fact Checker to the Government. It's nice to occasionally find out that others agree.