PressEthic

China's increasingly strong-arm tactics with its citizens and their internet usage follows previous patterns of behaviour towards its own journalists

China is second in the world, only to the U.S., in terms of its internet users. Yet while the internet is popular in the communist country, the Chinese government recently realized that they only wanted “healthy” news to infiltrate their country via the internet. Good thing we don’t live in a Chinese bubble.

Deliberately blacklisted or victim of administrative sloppiness?

Just one week ago the American media was praised for its response to the government’s inefficient handling of the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina. And now that Hurricane Rita has passed by without a major catastrophe, the media is patting government officials on their backs for their oh-so-wonderful job.

Sensational is acceptable -- but only when it's true.

Two serious mistakes at the Washington Post make you wonder...

I’m sure that a number of kids in our class have accounts on Facebook and Myspace.com, but little did you know that anything you say on these sites, including those quirky off-beat tidbits of your profiles, can be printed without your permission for the world to see. Is this ethical? My local paper thought so.

As a reader and Democrat, I read this with a snicker and a roll of the eyes thinking ‘why should I expect anything else?’

American porn site gives free access to soldiers in Iraq in exchange for “real pictures you or your buddies have taken while you have been deployed. This section is for the gory ones so that people who do not wish to see that kind of stuff can just not go in here."

Homosexual stereotypes perpetuated in NYT article.

The bad news just keeps coming. After perusing the front page of Romenesko today, I decided to quit NYU, go home, and get a job in the local deli where I can make comparable money without the stress of being a journalist in a market that is seemingly dying. Of course, I’m just kidding…well, I think I’m just kidding.

Saudi Minister Warns U.S. Iraq May Face Disintegration.

Dusting off the caluclator - I found a third of all stories in the front section of the NYT were related to Hurricane news. Does this extensive coverage come at the price of other news stories?

Junior reporters seem to be gaining some credit for their contributory work in large news stories, allowing readers to realise that the lead staff writers of major broadsheets are not necessarily the supermen and women they might have imagined.

Sloppy use of words can creep into anyone’s writing.