PressEthic

Why should we be OK with irresponsible journalism, no matter where it is?

By having Sean Penn report on Iranian culture, is the San Francisco Chronicle selling its readers short?

Don’t get me wrong, I CARE! I just don’t want to be haunted by the images for the rest of my life.

Anonymous sources get a lot of play in the news, but journalists' ability to use them doesn't equal a carte blanche. Sometimes it's just not necessary, and sometimes it's just not worth the grief.

Is it ethical?

Afghanistan and Osama have been pushed aside by the coverage of the Iraq war and Hurricane Katrina – and on the one special day of the year where people want to know their government is doing something about the fall of the twin towers besides arguing about what sort of memorial to build.

As the field of journalism becomes infested with agendas, has the quest to remain objective become an obsolete concept?

People were starving, drowning, dying every day, and I was convinced it was all Bush’s fault. . . and I’m from a red state!

A doumentary film on Al-jazeera TV shows how Al-jazeera's staff consist of subjective journalists

Although this may be the prevalent adage in mainstream media today, does this mean it should continue? The commercial imperative of news organizations is shaping the news, at the expense of the audience and victims of tragedy.

This morning, Sheryl Gay Stolberg of the New York Times reported that according to the Pew Center , only 18% of Americans are currently tuned in to the Roberts Supreme Court nomination. This is in contrast to 70 and 71 percent focusing on the hurricane and gasoline, respectively. I am hardly suprised at this, and I don't at all think it is the fault of the hurricane (or gasoline) keeping the general public from caring about the Senate proceedings commencing today.

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...

The Editorial headline in a parodied version of the NYT handed out by protestors marching through Manhattan on the 4th anniversary of the September 11th attacks

So what does the media do? It continues to ask the Bush Administration for answers, holding the Office of the President accountable for its choices, right? That’s a good thing. But, in the mean time, I want to know what is actually happening without performing a laborious google search or relying on blatantly biased sources from both the left and the right.

The Blogosphere is being mapped and remapped. Is this a handy tool, or is Blogospheric Darwinism on the horizon?