PressEthic

Often bantered as a overwhelmingly American problem, poor eating and weight gain is now a problem common with many Western and developing nations.

Although slightly misinformed, students at Ithaca College have journalistic integrity in mind with a protest of funding from Disney CEO.

Mine doesn't; I'm not saying anything you can't find somewhere else. But here are a couple that really are making a difference

The New York Times has been in a three-year battle over confidential sources and the case just won't go away.

The PBS show Moyers on America aired a special called The Net @ Risk tonight. The show addresses net neutrality, the accessibility of various parts of the internet without regard to its content. With the increasing sophistication of internet content, such as the use of audio and video features, the companies that supply our internet access are seeking to create different classes of websites. Under such a system, the websites that carry certain types of bandwidth occupying content would be charged by internet service providers in exchange for continuing to relay their premium content.

The New York Times reported today on the recent drop of CBS News behind NBC and ABC. Couric has, however, improved CBS's ratings from last year. Whether the situation should be considered a disappointment or a win for the network, Couric's own impact in the news world is open to much speculation.

On the Eve of the International Network

The Wasington Post has won the award for the least balanced story of the year.

In a front page Times article, Vice President Cheney is portrayed through the adoring eyes of 6-year-old Grace Mosier, a Topeka, Kansas resident who "really, really likes him."

The article functions as a fluff piece of PR for the astoundingly unpopular Vice President, with gushing quotes from residents of this "heartland" city (“It’s just such a big thrill to see and hear this man”) and cutesy anecdotes about how the 6-year-old views the VP ("like a rock star coming to town," according to her father).

Relatively unknown as a Media Studies professor, Michael Tracy is the man whom delivered John Mark Karr -- the self-professed and short-lived killer of JonBenet Ramsey as well as an aficionado of child pornography -- to the world.

But in helping Boulder prosecutors with the undercover operation, Tracy stepped into some murky territory, according to a story by Allan Wolper in Editor and Publisher.

Fox News claims that mainstream media has ignored the recent transgressions of Senator Harry Reid in favor of a Democratic agenda.

A blogger uncovers a scandal ... and mainstream media steals his scoop.

In the spirit of Kevin's photographic evidence of bias in newspapers, here's another example of the power of images.

The article in question explored Chicago’s urban development and the trend of moving the mega mansion to the city, usually at the price of disrupting the flow of historical architecture already in place. Though most parts were accurately and fairly reported, others, McNulty writes, were not.

A WaPo article on the aesthetics of politics raises interesting questions about how reporters should cover a quite possibly real -- but most definitely subjective -- phenomenon.