PressEthic

As the world remembers 9/11, some people spread revisionist theories about this tragedy. These theories are simply outrageous and false. But is it a good reason for the media not to talk about them?

Michael Brown has been sent back to Washington in disgrace. How much credit can the press take, and is there more it can do to hold other officials accountable?

Even as Anderson Cooper, Keith Olberman and others have offered tough—and sometimes downright scathing—criticism of the administration’s response to Katrina, reporters dropped the ball at a critical moment: holding Michael D. Brown accountable.

Despite the tragedy to human lives, journalists are still interested in pointing the finger first.

The use of photographs of dead people in the news media cannot be justified. Such photographs add very little to how an audience understands the facts of the story, and only serve to heighten the suffering of the family and friends of the subject.

Passionate reporting like that seen during Hurricane Katrina could be the death of journalism. Or, it could be its savior.

Keeping news sanitary is not the answer when faced with natural (and national) disasters like Hurricane Katrina.