I want U 2 B outraged: 2015

From Variety: http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/paris-attacks-media-1201640615/

From Poynter: We have "lots of talking heads spouting opinions about terrorism or a heavy reliance on speculation-filled U.S. law enforcement sources."

"That meant, too, TV reporters going on and on about what was 'believed' to have happened."

Ad stirs up controversy

http://www.adrants.com/2015/11/bloomingdaless-slammed-with-social.php?advD=1384,8650

Friday, November 13, 2015

Student activists v. student journalists

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/384396/an-insiders-view-the-wall-between-student-activists-and-student-journalists/

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Mizzou comm prof apologizes

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/melissa-click-apology_564271ffe4b08cda34867c27?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Free speech on campus: A professor's view

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/11/09/a-clash-between-administrators-and-students-at-yale-went-viral-why-that-is-unfortunate-for-all-concerned/

Prez gets 'new' Facebook page

http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/09/the-potus-gets-a-facebook-page/

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/10/us/politics/obama-starts-personal-facebook-page.html?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20151110&_r=0

Media coverage of Mizzou resignation

http://time.com/4104973/university-of-missouri-timothy-wolfe-athlete/?xid=newsletter-brief

http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2015/11/a-young-journalist-setting-an-example-for-the-rest-of-us/415074/

Rolling Stone hit with lawsuit from frat

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fraternity-files-25m-defamation-suit-against-rolling-stone-magazine/

Monday, November 9, 2015

Snapchat gets billions of views a day?

http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/8/9692894/snapchat-daily-video-views-six-billion

Apply to work for Google News Lab

Here is the info:
http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/11/students-spend-the-summer-working-with-nieman-lab-via-the-google-news-lab-fellowship/?utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=0353c4df87-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-0353c4df87-380333213

Embracing VR: It's not just the NYT

http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/11/news-outlets-left-and-right-and-up-down-and-center-are-embracing-virtual-reality-technology/?utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=0353c4df87-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-0353c4df87-380333213

Social media "dialogue"

http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/11/meet-dialogue-the-new-front-in-the-internet-commenting-wars/?utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=0353c4df87-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-0353c4df87-380333213

Al Roker in bed with NetJet?

Product placement gone awry?
https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/663440864434257920

As he scurries about for "Today," NetJets is right there for him as a promotional photograph for the show makes abundantly clear. (Today) Would any self-respecting print organization countenance that?

Sunday, November 8, 2015

Can Instagram drive sales?

http://digiday.com/platforms/instagram-wants-make-shopping-ads-even-immediate-shop-now/

Buzzfeed and entertainment sponsors: Blurring?

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/383208/buzzfeed-changes-editorial-standards-to-allow-for-sponsored-content-in-entertainment-programming/

Virtual reality from the NYT

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/08/magazine/nyt-vr-how-to-experience-a-new-form-of-storytelling-from-the-times.html?_r=1

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/08/magazine/virtual-reality-a-new-way-to-tell-stories.html?_r=0
A commentary on the experience:
http://www.poynter.org/news/media-innovation/383689/google-cardboard-novelty-or-useful/

The ethics of social media stardom

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/web-culture/cash-for-posts-the-murky-ethics-of-social-media-stardom-20151105-gkrs29.html

Trump's SNL appearance and media ethics

http://adage.com/article/media/trump-s-snl-appearance-raises-questions-media-ethics/301256/

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

A similar case to one on our midterm

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/joseph-gliniewicz-fox-lake-police-officer-killed-himself-after-criminal-acts-authorities-say/

Journalism dean calls encounter racist

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/11/04/racism-by-whom-this-video-of-tex-cops-stopping-a-black-professor-is-a-racial-rorschach-test/#_=1446652790703&dnt=true&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&screen_name=MikeMillerDC&show_count=false&show_screen_name=true&size=m

Gaming magazine wants to do longform journalism

http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/3/9660450/kill-screen-magazine-kickstarter-redesign-revamp

The ethics of ghostwriting for execs

http://mediashift.org/2015/11/the-upsides-and-downsides-of-ghostwriting-for-executives/?utm_source=MediaShift+Daily&utm_campaign=bd823e93aa-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_70e55682fc-bd823e93aa-286200613

Monday, November 2, 2015

Why ethics in PR matters

http://www.prweek.com/article/1370843/thank-goodness-volkswagen-reminded-us-why-ethics-matter

Movie focuses on journalism (Spotlight)

Here is the info from WaPo:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/spotlight-celebrates-a-vanishing-form-of-journalism-and-of-filmmaking/2015/10/29/218f149a-7cba-11e5-afce-2afd1d3eb896_story.html

And the blurring continues: Welcome to content marketing

http://mediashift.org/2015/11/why-freelance-journalists-are-shifting-their-careers-to-content-marketing/?utm_source=MediaShift+Daily&utm_campaign=5ac4916309-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_70e55682fc-5ac4916309-286200613

Is viral content morally defensible?

Let's ask Buzzfeed:
https://medium.com/@digidave/how-defensible-is-your-content-e98767ee903c#.iok5vc8al

Who is a legit writer these days?

MLB.com's writers in question:
http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/382285/divided-baseball-writers-will-vote-on-whether-to-let-mlb-com-scribes-into-their-association/

And some education reporters, too:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/2015/10/29/fd03d240-79cc-11e5-b9c1-f03c48c96ac2_story.html

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/378943/gates-foundation-spending-on-journalism-7-million-a-year/

A war-porn book just in time for holiday shopping

http://www.salon.com/2015/11/01/my_little_war_porn_addiction_david_shields_on_how_the_new_york_times_made_the_iraq_and_afghanistan_wars_look_really_cool_really_glamorous_really_bloodless/

GOP wants more control of debates, mad at networks

http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/rnc-pulls-out-of-february-nbc-news-debate/276179?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20151102

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/republican-debates-rnc-215429#ixzz3qIryGKj6
The next GOP debate is Nov. 10:
http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/fox-business-networks-gop-debate-rules-will-be-different/276206?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20151102

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

SXSW reconsiders

http://recode.net/2015/10/27/exclusive-after-gamergate-misstep-sxsw-weighing-an-all-day-forum-on-online-harassment/

http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/sxsw-reverses-controversial-decision-and-will-now-conduct-full-day-anti-harassment-panels-167862?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20151102

When were you exposed to concept of news?

http://www.poynter.org/news/media-innovation/381156/how-were-you-introduced-to-the-concept-of-news/

More on the ethics of native advertising

http://themediaonline.co.za/2015/10/the-ethics-of-native-advertising/

Fox News kicked off Cornell campus

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/cornell_university_fox_news_liberal_bias_oreilly_watters.html

Doing ethical PR in Russia

http://www.mediaupdate.co.za/publicity/83096/elena-fadeeva-talks-all-things-ethical-in-pr

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

The law and ethics truly differ

http://www.dailysabah.com/readers-corner/2015/10/26/laws-and-ethics-a-different-animal-altogether

Real journalism or propaganda?

http://www.newsgram.com/real-journalism-or-propaganda-of-blame-game/

Ethics complaint against media in Portland

http://www.pressherald.com/2015/10/26/portland-scenic-view-proponents-file-ethics-complaint-against-magazine-publisher-opponents/

Monday, October 26, 2015

Instant articles get shared more than Web links

http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/10/instant-articles-get-shared-more-than-old-fashioned-links-plus-more-details-from-facebooks-news-push/?utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=08311962b1-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-08311962b1-380333213

Would you pay to kill online advertisements?

http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/10/in-utah-hundreds-of-newspaper-readers-are-paying-to-kill-online-ads/?utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=08311962b1-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-08311962b1-380333213

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Newspaper reporters on endangered list!

We still need news, though, but we receive it differently

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/378532/newspaper-reporters-are-on-the-list-of-most-endangered-jobs-again/

Pay attention to your elders!

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/378511/5-reasons-to-pay-attention-to-the-veterans-in-the-newsroom/

Gates foundation spending some bucks on journalism

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/378943/gates-foundation-spending-on-journalism-7-million-a-year/

NYTimes tries for more subscribers

http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/10/get-me-rewrite-how-the-new-york-times-is-building-out-the-express-team-its-new-breaking-news-desk/?utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=2832072448-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-2832072448-380333213

NPR losing younger listeners?

http://current.org/2015/10/drop-in-younger-listeners-makes-dent-in-npr-news-audience/?utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=2832072448-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-2832072448-380333213

Fox News commentator arrested

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/wayne-simmons-arrest-cia_561fd787e4b028dd7ea6fd43?o3v26gvi

Stephen Glass surfaces

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/379201/columnist-suing-l-a-times-has-unusual-legal-assistant-stephen-glass/

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/17/business/media/stephen-glass-repays-harpers-10000-for-his-discredited-work.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=mini-moth&region=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below&_r=0

Dan Rather discusses movie made about him

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/379301/dan-rather-on-movie-about-his-darkest-hour-paid-the-price-but-had-the-facts-right/

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Freedom of Expression: See the map

https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2015/10/montenegro-using-journalists-as-political-pawns-undermines-the-role-of-the-media/

Monday, October 12, 2015

Fox News sounds a lot like the New Yorker

Fox News rips off The New Yorker
Maybe it's just fair and balanced imitation. But the magazine's Ryan Lizza didn't necessarily feel flattered Sunday by the clear use of his work without attribution. (@RyanLizza) From the magazine: "Representatives of the Vice-President held a meeting this week with Democratic National Committee staffers. They briefed Biden's aides on arcane but crucial rules that the Vice-President would need to understand if he decides to run, according to a D.N.C. official." Then here's Fox: "A source telling Fox News some of [Biden's] representatives held a meeting this week with Democratic National Committee staffers. They brief Biden's aides on arcane but crucial rules that he'd need to understand if he decides to run." Sheesh, good timing by "Saturday Night Live" to open Saturday with a Fox parody that concluded with a grocery list of factual errors made in the previous hour. (NBC) As I write in the predawn dark, no comment from Fox about its appropriation of Lizza's labors.

SNL Clip: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/10/11/snl-ridicules-debbie-wasserman-schultz-jason-chaffetz-in-fox-friends-parody/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/09/fox-news-snl-naacp-ncaa-basketball-uconn_n_5118456.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/07/snl-fox-friends-corrections-_n_1498037.html

Just because: a listing of internships compiled by Poynter

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/376568/here-are-70-journalism-internships-and-fellowships-for-application-season/

Buzzfeed and native political advertisement: Ethical or not?

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/378222/buzzfeed-enters-potentially-lucrative-ethically-tricky-world-of-native-political-ads/

Corrections and story removals: What are the ethical ramifications?

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Columns/Article/Critical-Thinking--How-Does-Story-Removal-and-Revisions-After-Publication-Hurt-Journalism-Ethics-

Mag needs to be transparent--not unethical

http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/public-agencies-pay-for-positive-spin-from-online-magazine-20151011/

Monday, October 5, 2015

Americans don't trust the media

http://www.gallup.com/poll/185927/americans-trust-media-remains-historical-low.aspx?

IU media program and its questionable partnership

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-rutter-journalism-at-iu-st-1004-20151002-story.html

Things to know before becoming a TV reporter

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/career/a46150/things-i-wish-i-knew-before-i-became-a-tv-news-reporter/

Millenials, millenials

Snapchat live stories: http://adage.com/article/media/conde-nast-strikes-snapchat-deal-search-millennials/300738/

SNL's take on millenials: http://www.cnet.com/news/snl-and-miley-cyrus-mock-entitled-millennials-at-work-and-their-phones/

http://rare.us/story/if-you-work-with-millennials-this-hilarious-snl-skit-may-hit-too-close-to-home/

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Some journalists just don't get it

http://aldianews.com/articles/opinion/philadelphia-magazine-unconscionable-cover-and-me/40795

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Sneaking the news into teens' smartphone time

http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/09/snapchat-wants-to-slip-a-little-news-into-teens-social-smartphone-time/?utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=e31e337ae8-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-e31e337ae8-380333213.

Monday, September 28, 2015

Buzzfeed creates college presidential tour

http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/28/media/buzzfeed-college-tour-hillary-clinton/index.html?utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=5b23cf5c95-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-5b23cf5c95-380333213

Build your own ethics code

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/374941/ona-debuts-a-build-your-own-ethics-code-platform/

The sad facts about online advertising

http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-click-fraud/

Millenials don't want to pay for news

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/375079/report-millennials-arent-big-on-paying-for-news/

Monday, September 21, 2015

Everything that's wrong with the ad summarized here

http://www.campaignlive.com/article/everything-wrong-jose-cuervos-new-rolling-stones-ad/1363908

Edelman PR ditches coal clients

http://desmogblog.com/2015/09/15/edelman-wins-cautious-praise-ditching-climate-denier-and-coal-clients

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Commemorating one of our textbook chapter authors

Rest in peace, Dan
http://www.hawkhillnews.com/article/2015/09/dans-many-hats.

Let's talk Tim Tebow

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tim-tebow-returns-espn-being-821522?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150910

Blogging as an A-lister: good advice or not?

http://www.business2community.com/blogging/journalism-ethics-guidelines-to-make-you-an-a-list-blogger-01323446

Brian Williams is back on MSNBC Sept 22

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brian-williams-make-msnbc-debut-821727?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150911

Where are the women in late-night TV?

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vanity-fair-all-male-late-823101?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150915

Article or ad? Nobody knows

Dangerous stuff!
http://contently.com/strategist/2015/09/08/article-or-ad-when-it-comes-to-native-no-one-knows/?utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=be5ffe43cf-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-be5ffe43cf-380333213

What do we call them?

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/372973/migrant-or-refugee-ap-says-often-the-most-effective-word-is-simply-people/

Monday, September 7, 2015

Tragic images of children over the years

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/371490/tragic-images-of-children-captured-by-photojournalists-over-time/

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Last week's alarming photo

http://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2015/09/03/british-press-rare-unison-dont-be-distracted-media-ethics-debate-over-shocking

http://www.vice.com/read/nilfer-demir-interview-876
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/migrant-crisis-pictures-1.3212481
http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/371353/the-limits-of-photojournalism-what-those-pictures-of-the-syrian-boy-didnt-tell-us/

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Paid to promote

http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/01/wikipedia-bans-hundreds-of-black-hat-paid-editors-who-created-promotional-pages-its-site/

Go ND!

Freedom of speech/press rules in North Dakota:
http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/370305/new-press-freedoms-for-students-in-north-dakota-yes-north-dakota/

Salon's bad choice of words

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/370440/salon-apologizes-for-calling-nicki-minajs-speech-savage/

News station shows shooting

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/370708/texas-station-airs-unedited-video-showing-man-killed-by-police/

How people use twitter

From the American Press Institute:
http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/publications/reports/survey-research/how-people-use-twitter-news/

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Shows pull episodes after shootings

http://www.adweek.com/news/television/ifc-second-network-postpone-show-echoes-virginia-shootings-166590?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150828

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Ashley Madison and the news media

Christian Science Monitor:
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Passcode/2015/0826/Ashley-Madison-hack-raises-Digital-Era-questions-of-media-ethics

Syria attack video: CBS/60 Minutes comment

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/syria-sarin-gas-attack-in-2013-60-minutes-2/

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/behind-60-minutes-decision-to-show-disturbing-video/

ESPN analyst removed from Little League beat

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/espn-removes-curt-schilling-little-817583?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150826

Twitter, Facebook accounts of suspect 'scrubbed'

News crew shot. http://edition.cnn.com/: For latest information.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-york-daily-news-cover-shocks-with-graphic-cover-of-murdered-journalists_55de8078e4b029b3f1b19cd2?kvcommref=mostpopular

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/368905/should-you-use-the-video-and-the-fax-from-the-wdbj-shooting-that-depends/

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/368995/how-publications-are-dealing-with-the-wdbj-shooting-footage/

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/369009/journalists-rally-around-fallen-journalists-with-westandwithwdbj/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/27/n-y-daily-news-executed-on-live-tv-cover-criticized-as-death-porn/

ABC News too gossipy?

From New York magazine via Poynter:

Ben Sherwood, boss of the Disney/ABC Television Group, oversees the whole broadcast network and properties like the Disney Channels and A&E. He's an iconoclastic, rich kid former Rhodes Scholar who's left the corporate track several times only to return to greater success. Brilliant, aggressive, empathetic and not disinclined with "using the press to pummel the competition," like NBC's "Today," he's had huge success even as he's overseen a workplace at ABC News that's "toxically gossipy," says CNN's Chris Cuomo, who's worked at ABC, CNBC, MSNBC and Fox. A long opus suggests he may be on track to run all of Disney one day, even if some former news stalwarts, like Ted Koppel, apparently cringe over his populist ways with content. They're working. (New York)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/01/rise-of-ben-sherwood-abc.html

AJA makes more cuts

The problem-plagued network, which has done some fine work but simply not generated an audience, apparently will ditch its morning news programming. It "plans to air programming from Al Jazeera's main studios in Qatar in the mornings, U.S. time." (Adweek) And when might it ever bite the bullet and change the name? It's a tale of a big branding and marketing mistake they could teach at some graduate school of business.
http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/al-jazeera-america-cuts-morning-shows/251981

PR pros: We do not manipulate people!

http://www.prweek.com/article/1361545/pr-pros-professional-manipulators-study-says-not

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Aggregation ethics

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nate-silver-vox-bill-cosby_55b653b5e4b0074ba5a52180?section=media

Sunday, July 19, 2015

Poynter: Gawker crosses line

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/358611/commentary-gawker-crosses-line-with-story-on-magazine-exec/

Monday, July 13, 2015

The ethics of gathering social data: Q and A

http://ijnet.org/en/blog/qa-sonya-song-ethics-gathering-social-data-and-more-digital-newsroom-challenges

Friday, July 10, 2015

Finger amputated: Ethics of showing medical records

http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/08/media/jason-pierre-paul-espn-adam-schefter-hipaa/

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Rainbow icon OK on school newspaper?

http://mediashift.org/2015/07/should-a-student-newspaper-use-a-rainbow-icon-after-gay-marriage/?utm_source=MediaShift+Daily&utm_campaign=6e8db64829-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_70e55682fc-6e8db64829-286200613

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Journalists: Be careful what you post

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/353883/same-sex-marriage-covering-the-battles-ahead/

Monday, June 22, 2015

NYTimes public editor: Valid complaints re: reporting on Berkley balcony tragedy

http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/valid-complaints-on-story-about-berkeley-balcony-collapse/?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Conflicts of interest and the CBC

https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7166439249419360005#allposts

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/says+didnt+have+full+story+Evan+Solomons+deals/11125141/story.html

Opinion: News laundering and terrorism

http://gulfnews.com/opinion/thinkers/news-laundering-and-terrorism-1.1533671

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Selfie Soldiers

Investigative piece available on YouTube; graphic content warning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zssIFN2mso

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Lying to sports writers

Golden Warriors coach defends his decision?
http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/351173/lying-to-sportswriters-should-one-give-a-darn/

Grad students in Egypt create mag

Magazine focuses on refugee, foreigner issues

http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2015/06/14/platform-a-magazine-for-refugees-and-foreigners-in-egypt/

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Social media ethics from the Huff Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeremy-harris-lipschultz/the-ethics-of-social-media_b_7489280.html

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Social Media use by journalists: Asian conference view

http://english.astroawani.com/malaysia-news/media-practitioners-should-be-regulated-social-media-protocol-experts-60846

Monday, May 25, 2015

Discussing TV News' Ethical Lapses

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-blog/bal-stephanopoulos-williams-and-tvs-lack-of-ethics-20150524-story.html

Huff Post report: The chaos of ethics

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/magda-abufadil/media-ethics-whose-standards_b_7427224.html

Thursday, May 21, 2015

No more promoting your own books!

NPR creates new guideline: http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/346185/npr-ombud-hosts-shouldnt-plug-their-own-books-on-air/

Saturday, May 16, 2015

How to review a health news story

http://www.imediaethics.org/News/10224/5_tips_for_reviewing_health_news_stories.php

Questionable marketing ethics

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonha-revesencio/4-examples-of-dubious-marketing-ethics_b_7292370.html

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Female reporters in France have had it with lewd politicians

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/female-french-journalists-say-paws-off-to-male-politicians-10226994.html

Monday, May 4, 2015

Huff Post: Why Brian Williams needs to go

Opinion: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ruth-hochberger/why-brian-williams-needs-_b_7205204.html

Sunday, May 3, 2015

CNN medical correspondent in Nepal under fire

Just like we have discussed: Empathy versus objectivity
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/01/cnn-physician-journalist-ethical-dilemma-nepal-sanjay-gupta

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

The fact-checking goes awry when it comes to Twitter

http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/fact-checking-project/new-fact-checking-research-false-information-floods-twitter-many-americans-confidently-wrong/?utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=61e4b401a1-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-61e4b401a1-380333213

From Pew: The state of the news media

http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/04/the-state-of-the-news-media-2015-newspapers-%e2%86%93-smartphones-%e2%86%91/?utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=61e4b401a1-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-61e4b401a1-380333213

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Bud Light apologizes for offensive labeling

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/28/bud-light-label/26532085/

Photog captures death of Mozambique cigarette seller

http://allafrica.com/stories/201504271844.html

Stewart skewers CNN

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/04/28/jon-stewart-nails-cnn-for-covering-white-house-correspondents-dinner-and-not-baltimore-protests/

Monday, April 27, 2015

Comcast-Time Warner merger collapses

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/27/business/media/mergers-collapse-leaves-frustrated-cable-customers-out-in-the-cold.html?ref=business

Covering the earthquake in Nepal

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/339039/resources-for-journalists-reporting-on-the-earthquake-in-nepal/

SNL's Cecily Strong hosts WH Correspondents Dinner

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cecily-strong-takes-down-cnn-fox-msnbc-basically-endorses-hillary-at-whcd/

Update on Brian Williams

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/nbc-news-finds-brian-williams-embellished-at-least-11-times/2015/04/25/467e7c74-eafb-11e4-9767-6276fc9b0ada_story.html

Thursday, April 23, 2015

FCC recommends merger hearing

http://www.wsj.com/articles/fcc-staff-recommends-hearing-on-comcast-time-warner-cable-merger-1429751499?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150423

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/report-fcc-staff-to-seek-hearing-on-comcast-tw-cable-merger-1201477932/

Monday, April 20, 2015

The latest RTDNA code

See it here:
http://www.rtdna.org/content/rtdna_code_of_ethics#.VTVx5rl0w3w

BuzzFeed and advertiser pressure

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/337155/buzzfeed-yanked-3-posts-due-to-advertiser-pressure/

http://www.buzzfeed.com/

http://tktk.gawker.com/buzzfeed-deleted-posts-under-pressure-from-its-own-busi-1697762873?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150420

Britt McHenry's rant at towing company

I bet Northwestern is proud of this grad--NOT.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/16/us/espn-reporter-britt-mchenry-tirade/index.html
Bad karma:
http://www.adweek.com/fishbowldc/espns-britt-mchenry-goes-apesht-on-tow-lot-employee/143657?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150417

The positives of local broacasting

http://wearebroadcasters.com/

Thursday, April 16, 2015

ASME's new guidelines for mag editors, publishers

http://www.talkingnewmedia.com/2015/04/15/asme-releases-new-guidelines-for-editors-and-publishers/

Opinion: How TV newsrooms should use Facebook

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2015/04/how-tv-newsrooms-should-use-facebook-and-why/?utm_source=MediaShift+Daily&utm_campaign=7697c19375-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_70e55682fc-7697c19375-286200613

Monday, April 13, 2015

French TV network hacked

http://www.wsj.com/articles/frances-tv5monde-hacked-by-group-claiming-to-be-islamic-state-1428581883

Reuters Iraq bureau chief leaves after threats

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/11/us-mideast-iraq-reuters-idUSKBN0N20FY20150411?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

WP bureau chief faces charges in Iran

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/12/us/iran-american-journalist-trial-jason-rezaian/

The trouble with all those ads we see every day

http://advertising.about.com/od/insidetheindustry/fl/Is-Advertising-Harmful-To-Society.htm?utm_source=exp_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_term=list_advertising&utm_campaign=list_advertising&utm_content=20150413

April Fools' jokes from the big brands

http://advertising.about.com/od/insidetheindustry/fl/April-Foolsrsquo-Day-Hoaxes-of-2015.htm?utm_source=exp_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_term=list_advertising&utm_campaign=list_advertising&utm_content=20150413

Rand Paul has testy interview on Today show

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/04/rand-paul-mansplains-journalism.html

Web series or TV shows? What's the difference?

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2015/04/the-line-blurs-between-web-series-and-tv-shows/?utm_source=MediaShift+Daily&utm_campaign=af5709f2ac-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_70e55682fc-af5709f2ac-286200613

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Desensitizing of photojournalists?

Commentary:
http://thenorwichradical.com/2015/04/02/photojournalism-shoot-or-save/

The photo that broke everyone's heart:
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-32121732

Photos of some of the 2 million Syrian refugee children:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/04/02/the-girl-in-the-heart-breaking-photo-is-only-one-of-2-million-syrian-child-refugees/
And the U.S. censorship of war photography during the Iraq war:
http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/12/08/mike-kamber-on-the-ethics-of-war-photography/

Rolling Stone Fallout, Day 4

Lots of commentary:
From the Washingtonian
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/media/rolling-stone-needs-to-fix-its-voice-problem-too.php

From the New Republic
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121475/columbias-journalism-school-didnt-need-issue-report-rolling

Tragic video posting justified?

From Poynter: http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/visuals/333613/graphic-new-york-times-video-seems-justified/

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Recap of NBC's woes from CNN

http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/07/media/vanity-fair-probe-nbc-news/index.html

Monday, April 6, 2015

War reporter gives 'pathetic' apology

http://www.salon.com/2015/04/06/judith_millers_pathetic_iraq_apologia_a_disgraced_reporter_rallies_to_her_own_defense/?source=newsletter

From NY Magazine : Timeline of Rolling Stone rape story

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/12/everything-we-know-uva-rape-case.html

Story from NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/06/business/media/rolling-stone-retracts-article-on-rape-at-university-of-virginia.html?_r=0

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Lord & Taylor's Instagram campaign: Ethical of not?

The story:
http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/lord-taylor-got-50-instagrammers-wear-same-dress-which-promptly-sold-out-163791

The fallout:
http://www.adweek.com/prnewser/lord-taylors-instagram-coup-prwin-or-ethics-fail/111959

Photo manipulation through the ages

http://pth.izitru.com/1982_02_00.html

Associated Press Social Media Guidelines

http://www.ap.org/Images/Social-Media-Guidelines_tcm28-9832.pdf

BBC social media guidelines

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-the-editors-32086609

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

H&M receives ethics award

http://3blmedia.com/News/HM-Named-2015-Worlds-Most-Ethical-Company

One-sentence stories? For your Apple watch?!

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/331149/the-new-york-times-now-has-one-sentence-stories-for-your-apple-watch/

Meerkat, etc., helpful to journalists?

http://www.poynter.org/news/media-innovation/331251/how-should-journalists-navigate-meerkat-periscope-kik-and-what-the-heck-is-tarsii/

Radio personalities apologize for tweets

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/03/30/chicago-area-radio-personalities-issue-apology-for-tweets-about-sports-reporter/

Students broadcast racist comments, expelled

http://www.splc.org/article/2015/03/3-bucknell-u-students-expelled-for-racist-comments-during-a-student-radio-broadcast

NPR expands code after conflict of interest

http://www.imediaethics.org/News/10126/Npr_expands_ethics_code_after_conflict_of_interest_incident.php

Monday, March 30, 2015

A bad use of facebook

http://www.firstpost.com/india/ethics-surgeon-posts-pictures-patients-internal-organs-facebook-2179891.html

Blogger killed in Bangladesh

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/330767/second-blogger-murdered-in-bangladesh/

AP CEO speaks out:
http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/330575/ap-ceo-says-murdering-journalists-should-be-a-war-crime/

Stop the Selfies: This is a tragedy not a tourist attraction

http://nypost.com/2015/03/30/tourist-apologizes-for-snapping-selfie-near-east-village-blast-site/

Freedom Media ethics twitter account?

http://www.bustle.com/articles/72703-scientologys-freedom-media-ethics-twitter-account-shows-how-scared-it-allegedly-is-of-going-clear

Rolling Stone's debunked rape story still online

Report here: http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/03/review-of-rolling-stones-uva-rape-story-is-long-and-204641.html?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150330

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rolling-stone-still-running-totally-debunked-rape-story-online/?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150330.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

CNN falls for hoax, tweets out incorrect info

http://www.mediaite.com/online/cnn-falls-for-hoax-declaring-singapore-founder-dead/?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150324

The ethics of publishing photos of grieving friends, family

http://www.ibtimes.com/photos-germanwings-flight-9525-crash-victims-grieving-friends-family-raise-journalism-1857556

Monday, March 23, 2015

Reporters use Yik Yak for comments on campaign speech

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/329143/reporters-use-yik-yak-to-get-instant-audience-take-on-ted-cruzs-big-campaign-speech/

Millenials do read the news--but they don't want to pay

http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/03/millennials-say-keeping-up-with-the-news-is-important-to-them-but-good-luck-getting-them-to-pay-for-it/?utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=1bf7fb9d89-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-1bf7fb9d89-380333213

March Madness with College Media

http://www.collegemediamatters.com/cmm-main-blog/2015-student-newspaper-national-championship-a-quirky-fun-college-media-march-madness-bracket/

Economist magazine cover offends some

http://www.vox.com/2015/3/16/8226025/the-economist-chili-peppers

Rolling Stone to publish review of rape story

Update from Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/03/24/rolling-stone-u-va-story-how-did-magazine-handle-alleged-hesitancy-by-jackie/

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/23/business/media/rolling-stone-to-publish-review-of-disputed-rape-article.html?_r=1&utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150323

Sunday, March 22, 2015

USA Today, Indy deal ethical or not?

http://www.ibj.com/articles/52235-indycar-deal-with-usa-today-lifts-ethics-eyebrows

Unethical advertising?

http://advertising.about.com/od/creatingads/fl/What-Is-Unethical-Advertising.htm?utm_campaign=list_advertising&utm_content=20150316&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exp_nl

Geico ads stealing ideas?

http://advertising.about.com/od/insidetheindustry/fl/Are-Geico-Ads-Just-Ripping-Off-Original-Work.htm?utm_campaign=list_advertising&utm_content=20150316&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exp_nl

PR: Coke is healthy?

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/03/16/3634128/coca-cola-media-blitz/

Magazine cover is one giant ad

http://www.adweek.com/fishbowlny/marie-claire-cover-is-one-giant-ad/336354?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150318

Stuart Weitzman homepage:
http://www.stuartweitzman.com/home/?gclid=CjwKEAjwlsSoBRDoid2ihqnjjlISJABZoG9-lKxbXDC1ozbYA6YJqQTsh0q1CJG5fEQ4avFptUOKRBoCNQ3w_wcB

Starbucks and racism

The Nightly Show's take:
http://www.cc.com/full-episodes/e3tnaq/the-nightly-show-march-23--2015---starbucks-s-failed--race-together--campaign-season-1-ep-01032
Learning from Chipotle:
http://time.com/3749374/starbucks-race-together-chipotle/?xid=newsletter-brief

http://www.adweek.com/prnewser/starbucks-pr-chief-quits-twitter-over-racematters-campaign/110934?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150318

PR firm and climate change

http://groundreport.com/the-strange-case-of-climate-change-and-mr-edelman-a-public-relations-giant-changes-its-mind/

Aaron Schock PR lesson

http://www.adweek.com/prnewser/3-comms-lessons-learned-from-the-rise-and-fall-of-aaron-schock/111049?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150319

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-dietrich/rep-aaron-schock-resigns_b_6895370.html

ABC Washington DC bureau announces layoffs: Reminds one of movie "Broadcast News"

http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/abc-news-d-c-bureau-announces-layoffs/258547?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150319

NBC Nightly News still highly rated

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/03/nbcs-nightly-news-gets-a-boost-from-rebroadcasts-204194.html?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150319

PR: Ben and Jerry's Climate Change Campaign

http://sharingvalue.asia/ben-and-jerrys-launch-new-climate-change-campaign/?sthash.BoLb7Vuh.mjjo

Monday, March 16, 2015

Celebrities boycott Dolce and Gabbana

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/16/elton-john-is-boycotting-dolce-and-gabbana-for-calling-children-conceived-with-ivf-synthetic/

An update from the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/17/business/media/remarks-on-family-by-dolce-and-gabbana-bring-swell-of-criticism.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-middle-span-region&region=c-column-middle-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-middle-span-region&_r=0

No more anorexic models in France

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/03/16/world/europe/ap-eu-france-anorexic-advertising.html?module=WatchingPortal&region=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=2&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Faponline%2F2015%2F03%2F16%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Fap-eu-france-anorexic-advertising.html&eventName=Watching-article-click&_r=0

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Kudos to Channel 9-Denver

http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/kusa-honored-for-its-fact-checking-of-political-messaging/143418?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150312

Sports guys talk Brian Williams

http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/charles-barkley-ncaa-tourney-broadcasters-talk-brian-williams/258026?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150312

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

From Poynter: Photojournalism ethics needs re-examination

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/325217/photojournalism-ethics-needs-a-reexamination/

And first place award withdrawn by WPP:
http://www.worldpressphoto.org/content/world-press-photo-withdraws-award-giovanni-troilo%E2%80%99s-charleroi-story

Facebook does not want you to feel fat

http://time.com/3739742/facebook-feeling-fat/?xid=newsletter-brief

Thursday, March 5, 2015

More entertainment ethics

Band name controversy
http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/jp/oberlin-group-cancels-concert-by-band-viet-cong-citing-ignorant-name

Kanye West at Oxford
http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/jp/in-oxford-lecture-kanye-west-says-he-wouldve-wanted-to-become-picasso?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Michigan student journalists read readers' comments

http://www.collegemediamatters.com/2015/03/03/in-new-video-michigan-daily-writers-read-mean-reader-comments-tweets/

New college-only social network

Bringing back the Facebook vibe of yesteryear
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/new-social-network-is-all-college-all-the-time/55913

BBC rape documentray banned in India

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/05/world/asia/indian-court-bans-broadcast-of-documentary-on-delhi-gang-rape.html?_r=1&utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150305

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Ethics for robot journalism

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2015/03/an-ethical-checklist-for-robot-journalism/?utm_source=MediaShift+Daily&utm_campaign=1670086479-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_70e55682fc-1670086479-286200613

And in the sports world . . .
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/04/robots-sports-coverage-associated-press-automated-insights_n_6795648.html?utm_hp_ref=media&utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150305

Entertainment Ethics, again: The Sex Box

http://www.adweek.com/lostremote/sex-box-is-as-ridiculous-as-it-sounds/50718?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150304

Father-daughter ad from SNL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L2fazw5Y9k

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

And more on manipulated photos . . .

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/latest/photo-news/uk-joins-call-for-banned-world-press-photo-photographers-to-reveal-manipulated-images-44781

Good overview update:
http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2015/03/belgian-distress-over-world-press-winning-pictures-considering-news-photos-in-a-larger-atmosphere/

Former newsroom to become hotel

Hmm: http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/323521/this-newsroom-themed-hotel-is-a-dream-or-a-nightmare-depending-on-whether-you-like-work/

Entertainment ethics: The Bachelor

http://www.salon.com/2015/03/03/tvs_cruelest_night_the_bachelor_enjoys_the_ruthless_public_shaming_of_its_women_tell_all_event_a_little_too_much/?source=newsletter

Keith Olbermann suspension from ESPN

http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/espn-suspends-keith-olbermann-after-penn-state-tweets/256803?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150225

Stephen Ward: A right to offend means a duty to mend

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2015/02/a-right-to-offend-should-be-balanced-by-a-duty-to-mend/

Journalist arrested after flying drone over Paris

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/46c16d28254e4ab695075f03b52c3e56/journalist-face-court-after-paris-drone-incident

Ad promos gone wrong

http://advertising.about.com/od/referencedesk/fl/When-Advertising-Promotions-Go-Terribly-Wrong.htm?utm_campaign=list_advertising&utm_content=20150302&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exp_n

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW5aLNpiV-s
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

More on the ethics of digital photography

From the New York Times:
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/world-press-photo-manipulation-ethics-of-digital-photojournalism/?_r=0

http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2015/02/18/world-press-photo-sets-the-bar-for-allowed-image-adjustments/

Monday, February 23, 2015

O'Reilly, Corn argument continues

http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/bill-oreilly-on-kill-zone-remark-simply-a-slang-expression/256505?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150223

http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/does-cbs-news-footage-help-bill-oreillys-case/256688?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150224

http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/mother-jones-emails-fnc-about-bill-oreillys-kill-zone-remark/256438?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150223

http://news.yahoo.com/bill-o-reilly-blasts-mother-232601368.html

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Good editorial on Brian Williams dilemma

http://dailytrojan.com/2015/02/19/suspension-raises-awareness-on-ethics/

A USA Today audio post re: the latest on news anchors

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/02/20/brian-williams-jon-stewart-bill-oreilly-off-the-record/23770485/

Friday, February 20, 2015

From PBS: Debate media ethics via Williams, Stewart

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/3b162ac2-38cf-4ec1-a7c7-8d910bbcc7c3/brian-williams-suspended-jon-stewart-to-exit-the-daily-show/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mktg2015

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Media ethics and truth under fire

Media ethics and truth under fire

I welcome your comments.

The ethics of drone photography

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2015/02/16/the-ethics-of-our-brave-new-drone-photography-world/

Report: How lies spread faster than the truth

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2015/02/how-lies-spread-faster-than-truth-a-study-of-viral-content/?utm_source=MediaShift+Daily&utm_campaign=28003bca15-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_70e55682fc-28003bca15-286200613

Telegraph blurs news and advertising; columnist quits

http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/321063/the-telegraph-soft-balled-bank-for-advertising-revenue-former-staffer-says/?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150218

Did U.S. media cover Chapel Hill shootings fairly? Criticisms abound

https://ijnet.org/en/node/24836/edit

Monday, February 16, 2015

World Freedom of the Press 2014

U.S. is No. 49?
http://index.rsf.org/#!/

Group wants SI banned from shelves

http://www.adweek.com/fishbowlny/group-wants-pornographic-si-swimsuit-issue-banned/332027?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150212

From Jennifer Weiner in the New York Times:

This year, the hot new body part is the formerly unnoticed span of flesh between the top of one’s panties and the labia majora, currently displayed on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition by the model Hannah Davis.

In the shot, Ms. Davis stands, thumbs hooked into the sides of her bikini bottom, pulling it down to reveal more of her tanned, toned, hairless on-ramp than you would typically see outside of a gynecologist’s office. “It’s the year of the torso,” Ms. Davis told Matt Lauer on “Today,” in a transparent attempt to win the award for Best Use of a Euphemism on Morning TV. Seriously, when you look at her picture, you do not think “torso,” any more than viewers of Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl nipple reveal thought “pecs.”

It’s shocking, and it’s meant to be. With hard-core pornography available to anyone with a laptop and a credit card, Sports Illustrated has to raise the stakes if it wants to stay relevant. (Disclosure: my gentleman caller edits books for Sports Illustrated and is the author of the oral history of the swimsuit issue that appears in “50 Years of Beautiful,” a coffee-table book of swimsuit shots. #Awkward.)

Some critics want merchants to cover the cover. Ms. Davis’s picture “borders obscenity, as the focus is specifically on the exposed pubic area,” said Dawn Hawkins, executive director of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation.

Obscene or not, I’m concerned that the shot has left women and girls with another raft of insecurities.

World Press Photographer photo contest finds manipulation

http://www.bjp-online.com/2015/02/image-manipulation-hits-world-press-photo/

Manipulated images were entered into every category of World Press Photo - but sports was particularly bad

http://time.com/3706626/world-press-photo-processing-manipulation-disqualified/

Sweeps stuff

Channel 4

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/02/12/cbs4-investigation-illegal-ride-services-rampant-in-lodo/

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/02/11/dmv-waits-longer-than-ever-despite-assurances/

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/02/10/sexy-bella-busted-prostitution-while-on-probation/

Channel 7 stories

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/investigations

Channel 9
http://www.9news.com/story/life/2015/02/10/fine-art-of-flirting/23159825/

http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/storytellers/2015/02/16/noah-devolve-concertos/23481211/

http://www.9news.com/local/investigative/

http://www.9news.com/story/life/2015/02/13/supermodel-talks-valentines-day/23344369/

Exiting ombudsman: Final thoughts on NPR

http://www.imediaethics.org/News/10038/Npr_has_a_bias_of_sorts__says_its_exiting_ombudsman_.php

Last week emotional for news media

http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/watershed-for-media-an-emotional-week-of-loss/255919?utm_source=morningmedianewsfeed&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150216

And the OU, Jack White saga continues

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/02/15/386409331/for-musician-jack-white-any-old-guacamole-just-wont-do

And White's response (from the nastylittleman.com listserv):

FOR GOD SAKES!

dear journalists and other people looking for drama or a diva,

even in the age of the short attention span internet article, it’s still hard to believe you

are STILL writing about this:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/02/15/386409331/for-musician-jack-white-any-old-guacamole-just-wont-do

wow. classy.

seems like there’s a new rule number one for up and coming journalists: dont let the facts get in the way of click bait.

at the risk of incurring even more of this hoo haa (and i’ve definitely turned my cheek more than once lately) and even

though our management sent out a letter to clarify this, and since

this seems to be all anyone can ask me about lately,

here’s the real deal, and hopefully it’ll explain this nonsensical scenario and we can move on with our lives. (or what have you).

first off, this is none of your business, but i have no specific demands in my dressing room. i know i could ask for lots of

things but i actually dont ask for ANYTHING. i take with me what i need,

and that aint much.

anything on the rider is for the band and the crew.

this "guacamole recipe" is my hilarious tour managers inside

joke with the local promoters, it’s his recipe, not mine. it’s just something to break

up the boredom, seeing who can make it best. though i wouldn’t

know because i’ve never had it. i can’t even make kool aid

let alone cook any real food enough to have a “recipe”. sorry, i dont have that talent.

bananas: did it occur to anyone someone on the tour

might have an allergy to them? no? hmmm. one day some fantasy journalist out

there will call someone in the biz and actually have a rider explained to them, maybe

none of them have ever been on tour. oh well, let’s move on,

first amendment issues: i fully believe in the freedom of the press (though

the supposed search for truth from the press requires microscopes and some morton salt), and i also defend anyone’s right

to free speech (just look at my lack of respect for grammar in this letter and tell me i’m not for communicating freely)

and i defend the right to free information in regards to public funds, but never in my 20 years of playing

shows has my contract and tour rider been published in the paper that i recall.

do you know why we dont do that or want that? a hundred articles about bananas, free speech, and guacamole is why;

it’s because people dont understand what a rider is or what the terms of a contract are. they’re out of their element,

and you can’t blame them for it. and people who write about that know this. people WANT a rider to be a list of demands that

a diva insists occur lest he or she refuse to play a note of music.

but in reality, it’s just some food and drinks backstage for the

hundred workers and guests who have to live in a concrete

bunker for 15 hours. some people bring thier own living rooms on tour,

some people ask for a huge spread. who cares? what you’r looking for

is someone throwing a tantrum because they didn’t get their brown m and m’s,

sorry to dissappoint.

someone printed that i’m never going to oklahoma again?

not true. i love oklahoma, that’s why i booked this show instead

of playing chicago or atlanta for four times as much money.

ask around in tulsa. i’ve been

there at least three times on these last two albums. i love it there.

our booking agent warned the college that other artists might

not book shows there? of course they did, it’s bad business

what that school paper did and really rude. of course they are going to tell them to wise up.

am i pissed at the students at oklahoma university? absolutely not. am i dissappointed in young journalists at their school paper?

absolutely. but i forgive them, they’re young and have learned

thier lesson about truth and ethics hopefully. all they have to do is

google this to know that it’s not worth it. look for real problems instead

next time. look for the truth, not fake drama. i got pissed during my show and berated

the crowd? no. sorry, didn’t happen.

i made jokes about the paper publishing that info, so which of us is thin skinned?

they have freedom of speech but i dont? at my show? ok. i guess the rules change for different

people. the crowd were amazing and we played for 2 and a half hours that night.

people were told to delete

photos on their camera? : i dont know much about that but it must

be a miscommunication about what was

public property at the college and the contract we had with the university to

let us do our work in peace; but i’ll give you an example,

if someone working at a theater we played at started taking pictures of all of

our workers and our gear they’d probably get fired by their theater or promoter.

sorry to the student paper budding press papparazi on that one, but is this a tmz assignment or can

you give us some peace while we try to put on a show for the students? give us a break man.

i know it’s a fun thing for people to try to turn me into a jerk and a diva, but in

this case it’s pretty ridiculous and has almost nothing to do with me. my relationship

with the fans at that show and how we got to a new place together through music remains intact

and i’d love to do it again with them.

i think that’s everything, can i go back to making music now? no? ok. crochet it is.

jack white

III

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