PressEthic

An attempt to interact with "sophisticated readers."

The big guys force the little guys to cut costs.

A reporter should never get involved in the events he or she covers. You know, that whole fly on the wall theory – detached, impartial, recording the events for the greater good. But, sometimes it’s not that easy. Sometimes reporters are in a position where they can help a situation, or possibly save a life. Is it right for them to throw down their pens and cross the line?

It happens… a journalist reports something inaccurately, other news outlets pick it up, and eventually the information is accepted as fact. Think WMDs or… Oreo cookies?

I just don’t get it.

How to take over the world: make fun of everyone.

How many times do you go to the second page when you do a Google search?

In an effort to entertain, ESPN simulated a few news conferences to discuss possible trades in Major League Baseball. ESPN speculates on possible trades in every sport, and they do it every year. However, they may have gone too far this time.

The media tackles the issue of anonymous sources at a conference for the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

Advertisers focus on the 18 to 49 demographic. After that, buy a shovel.

Instead of filling a paper with the same “breaking news” that’s found on the web hours before, newspapers need to focus on William Powers' concept of the “true exclusive.”

Jeff Jacoby continues the debate in this Boston Globe column.

Even when the proof is overwhelming, we must be wary of anonymous sources.

Perhaps it’s not all that bad. Perhaps some positive things will happen as a result of all these scandals.

Does an objective news source have a responsibility to provide equal coverage on candidates for elected positions?