PressEthic

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LA Times catches another covert propaganda campaign

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?

Is the New York Times deliberately trying to sound like the New York Post?

Some people just can't handle bad press, wherever it may be.

This article on global warming is a perfect example of how an article doesn't have to be perfectly balanced to be fair, or even true.

When will governments learn that browbeating the press into submission, will not resolve their problems?

In the introduction to "Breaking Bonaduce," alcoholic, pill popping, emotionally abusive husband Danny Bonaduce (of Partridge Family fame) says, "My life is a car accident. You have every right to slow down and watch." Is it? How about later, at the morgue? Lately, some states have restricted the availability of autopsy photos to the public. How much do we really have a right to know?

“‘But the thing about it, the ghetto mamas love their babies just like the rich people do. And they need to recognize that,’ Mattie Mitchell said of news executives.”

Schools with newspapers are faced with an ethical quandary when newspaper content contradicts school values and standards.

Yahoo edited an article about Vice President **** Cheney.

The time might be coming when we can – or have to – pay for our anonymity.

Sometimes when the media is busy keeping track of the numbers of victims during a disaster, they lose sight of what's really important - the people behind the numbers.

"Oh Holiday Tree, oh Holiday Tree, how lovely are your branches!"

Ok, we've covered it all. The Amish are on the internet; I think Al Gore can call it a day. Mission accomplished.