By Kendyl Salcito The 21st century has heralded the advent of countless new journalism ethics societies, codes and vows. Ombudspersons have become fixtures in the newsroom; public apologies have become a mainstay in big papers …
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Telling the Truth in the Media: Mathematically Approved
by Mahmoud Eid, Ph.D. As U.S. threats against Iraq mounted in 2003, the majority of media decision-makers docilely accepted the Bush administration’s claims that linked Iraq to terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Their …
Fuzzy Logic: The Collapse of the News-Opinion Distinction
by Stephen J. A. Ward After a century of service, the old warhorse of newsroom practice — a strict distinction between news and opinion — is so weakened by scepticism, and so useless in controversial …