PressEthic

Under which circumstances and to whom should journalistic confidentiality be extended? Whistleblowers, legal and corporate leakers...kidnappers?

In searching for examples of media bias for this week's class, I came across an excellent piece on Aljazeera's website, which critiques the bias apparent in US and British media coverage of the recent Israeli-Lebanese conflict.

Do front page ads open the door to ethical complications by concentrating a large portion of ad revenues with one single advertiser? This discussion focuses on Jack Shafer's 7 Sept. 2006 Slate.com media commentary piece.

After naturalist Steve Irwin's fatal encounter with a stingray while filming a documentary in Australia last week, curious media-minds wanted to know: will the footage of his death be broadcast?