PressEthic

It’s frustrating how Miller has still not answered any of these questions, nearly a week after she was released from jail.

Or sue a photographer, if you're a celebrity.

In the rush to score a youthful audience, is the media forgetting about the elderly?

A new piece in the New Yorker has me contemplating the wisdom of attending Journalism School in this treacherous, bottom-line-driven environment. Profits certainly matter; this is, after all, the United States. But must they trump everything, including newspapers' ability to produce groundbreaking reporting? At the LA Times, one of the top newspapers in the country, the answer appears to be "yes."

There are many important stories in the news these days: the aftermath of two devastating hurricanes, two ongoing wars with terrorist attacks almost everyday, and two new judges in the Supreme Court. But the NBC Nightly News started its broadcast tonight with a law that was passed eight years ago in Oregon, allowing doctor-assisted suicide.

Is the New York Times biased in favor of its new building developer?

Friendster makes stalkers out of innocent browsers everywhere.

For people who care about ethics, it is always good when the media does some introspection and criticizes it work. But it is even better if the media really means what it says in such stories.

When is it justified to break the law in pursuit of a hot story--uh never!

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

Three scientists win the Nobel Prize in chemistry for going green.

By pushing a sensationalized account of Rathergate, Mary Mapes is giving us journalism students another reason to wonder if we'll ever get a job to pay off those loans.

Tourists in space? What's next - "Star Trek"?

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

When models are airbrushed and historical photos are retouched, how can we trust what the camera shows us?

By not following suit, that's how.