On ethics and dinosaurs

Journalists are called to serve the public by keeping them well informed I fear media ethics may soon go the way of the dinosaurs: extinct. We are all familiar with the stories of the ethical failings of the American news media, from the Jayson Blair and Brian Williams scandals to errors in fact in local newspapers across the country. It […]

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Postmodern journalism

Political film ‘Truth’ is proof of a society dominated by opinion rather than fact News is the medium through which truth is presented to the masses, or at least it was. Now, media is dominated by opinions and supplemented by facts when convenient. This reality can be clearly seen in the new film “Truth.” The movie follows the account of […]

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From the Desk

The media seems to have a pretty bad rap these days. People across the nation love to criticize journalists, including writers and radio and television broadcasters, for not giving the whole story, being too biased or not reporting on important ideas. The general public also loves to say journalists are nothing more than bearers of bad news. Many people say […]

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