SPJ ethics committee "appalled" at NBC's checkbook journalism

The Society of Professional Journalists released a statement of NBC's "checkbook journalism" lapse.

The release stated:
"The Society of Professional Journalists' Ethics Committee is appalled NBC News breached widely accepted ethical journalism guidelines by providing the plane that carried David Goldman and his son Sean back to the United States from Brazil after a high-profile custody battle."

Full release available at: http://www.spj.org/news.asp?REF=944#944

Hero on Amsterdam-Detroit flight finds media ethics confusing?

The New York Times explains the confusion re: the sales of a photo from on-board and the "cost" of an interview: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/business/media/29cnn.html?_r=1&ref=media

TMZ publishes fake JFK photo

NY Times comments on the dilemma; TMZ says it's just part of journalism: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/tmzs-jfk-photo-is-a-fake-says-smoking-gun/
Fake photo on left-hand side of Web page