Ethics in Journalism

Did The New York Times Trick a Source?

William Klein | Posted 07.11.2008 | Media


William Klein

The otherwise spellbinding New York Times expose of Rep. Charles Rangel's abuse of New York's system of rent-stabilized apartments, contains this Intr...

Is Your Right Price Too High for the People You Most Want to Help?

Mark Silver | Posted 06.04.2008 | Business


Mark Silver

How do you reckon between the price that feels good to your heart, and that really supports you and your business, versus your perception of what people can pay?

Genetically Modified Mouthpieces

Leslie Griffith | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media


Leslie Griffith

Rooting for the war is much easier for journalists than asking hard questions to reveal a conflict based on lies and a country led by liars.

Jessica Yellin 180°

Chez Pazienza | Posted 05.30.2008 | Media


Chez Pazienza

What makes Jessica Yellin's "clarification" about her coverage of the run-up to the Iraq war so much fun is that you can almost see the gun being pointed at her head by CNN management as you read her words.

Congress: A Reporter's Privilege Would Not Exempt Judy Miller From Testifying. Would It Exempt James Risen?

David Fiderer | Posted 04.04.2008 | Media


David Fiderer

In February, Risen was subpoenaed to appear before a Federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va. to divulge the source of information for a chapter in his book State of War.

Samantha Power, Ethical Journalism and Truth: To Quote or Not to Quote?

Omid Memarian | Posted 03.13.2008 | Media


Omid Memarian

The Scotsman's editors gave in to the temptation of gaining a huge amount of publicity by quoting Power's remark -- disregarding the basic ethical rules of journalism. Simple as that!

Journalists Are People, Too -- Let My People Vote!

Ruth Hochberger | Posted 02.01.2008 | Media


Ruth Hochberger

Barring journalists from voting -- even in a primary -- because their preferences may become public is asking too much.

My Favorite Mistake: Helen Thomas Talks About The Mistakes She Could Never Make

Seema Kalia | Posted 12.04.2007 | Living


Seema Kalia

"My Favorite Mistake" is a new biweekly series in which writer Seema Kalia interviews various luminaries about the one mistake that taught them the mo...

Courage for Dan Rather

Mary Mapes | Posted 09.20.2007 | Media


Mary Mapes

The National Guard story deserves to be examined again and this may be the only way to accomplish that. A lawsuit also gives him that delicious power of discovery. Who knows what might shake loose?


 

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