PressEthic

I don’t care how many bodies were “in a New Orleans Hospital,” and neither does the American public. We want to know how many people died because of the HURRICANE!

Are we ever going to move towards disarmament and a safer world?

On a lighter and sweeter note, the September 12 issue of the New York Sun included an article in its business section that detailed the end of cheap box cake making for Kosher Jews. Where is the justice??

Or so a September 12th NY Times profile says.

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.

Michael Brown has resigned as the head of FEMA, and now Bush is personally apologizing for the mistakes made in the days following Hurricane Katrina. Is he expressing genuine regret, or is this a cynical attempt to raise his approval ratings?

Did we learn anything from the likes of Glass, Kelley, and Blair? Apparently some journalists missed these huge stories and thought they could continue to cut corners and beat the system. A recent story by William March details the investigation of former Tribune journalist Brad Smith.

Some feminists thing Warren Farrell is. But is he crazy, or just wrong? For that matter, do the two sides just disagree?

America, the voice of democracy, the voice of secularism responds to an Islamic voice in new Iraq

While the confirmation hearings of John G. Roberts seem to pale in comparison to the body counts and relief efforts in Mississippi and Louisiana, it doesn’t hurt to take a closer look at who will likely be the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court because as we’ve learned from Michael Brown and Bernard Kerik, what we don’t know can hurt us.

Congratulations to the press and the democratic process for extracting, what is a near impossible admission from a politician – acceptance of blame.

We all know that when reporters misquote and mislead, they often lose their jobs. But what happens to those who they hurt with their ineptitude?

There's a reason why runaway brides and celebrity gossip are on the covers of magazines, and it's not because the press is "broken."

In Touch magazine poses this question, showing a snapshot of how Kate (Hudson) used to look before, “gorgeously curvy”, standing on the red carpet in a lavender-colored dress, radiant, looking directly at the photographer; and another of how she looks now, wearing a grey t-shirt which cannot be accused of ever having been in shape, jeans, shy sun glasses and a hat to hide underneath, round-shouldered, looking down, more likely on her way to the supermarket than to a premiere. In Touch notes that “her arms look too weak to carry 20-month-old son Ryder”.

The article concerns itself with whether the attempt to be thin has gone too far for “Hollywood’s hottest actresses”. And the concern is not only about Kate. It’s also about Nicole and Hilary and Jessica. Has the pressure become too severe?

“At the heart of the dispute is a question that District Judge Brooke Jackson said has never been considered by Colorado's courts: Does private property seized under a search warrant become public record?”