PressEthic

The U.S. government does nothing, mainstream media follows suit

al-Jazeera International signs on it's first big-name journalist.

Friendster makes stalkers out of innocent browsers everywhere.

Conservatives fight back with criticism for Bush after he disappoints with Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers

Some coverage on the developing Avian flu story has been a little over the top.

The Guardian reports today that Arctic ice is melting at record levels, and global warming is out of control. According to the article, this month an extra 500,000 square miles of ice were melted, “an area twice the size of Texas.”

There are problems at Jane magazine HQ. As reported in today’s New York Post, staff members are not finding the transition from editor-in-chief Jane Pratt to new editor Brandon Holley a smooth one.

The New York Times reported today that Private Lynddie England was found guilty of misconduct in the Abu Ghraib Abuse trial.

College student Jillian Bandes was fired from her school newspaper after three of her sources complained about being misrepresented.

Another one for the case books: Political analyst and talk show host Jay Serin lies about receiving a Pulitzer

asap and hot zone want your readership-and you don't even have to read if you don't feel like it.

In the same week that Yahoo admitted to its complicity with the Chinese government in incriminating and jailing journalist Shi Tao (see Ryan McConnell's blog), it also announced its intention to begin a multi-faceted online news source at the end of September.

When content is dictated by advertiser relationships, a dangerous precedent is set; it is no longer about the “truth,” it is rather about making money, and editorial is created to sell something rather than to inform.

An article in today’s Boston Globe reports that Wal-Mart has made the choice to stop selling guns at 40 of their stores along the Gulf Coast...