Park Rangers to the Rescue!

From the New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/opinion/park-rangers-to-the-rescue.html?src=twr&smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0

Apparently, press secretary does not know about The Onion!

http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/01/sean-spicer-retweets-the-onion-calling-job-misinformation.html

Big brands fund fake news

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/intentionally-big-brands-fund-fake-news-45110473

Religious and spiritual: No fake news!

Columnist weighs in:
http://www.mvtelegraph.com/news/for-the-spirit-on-fake-news/article_941adac6-e3f2-11e6-aa17-2758c875d414.html

Ethics expert discusses Trump's tweets

Bob Steele:

http://www.9news.com/news/local/politics/poynter-institute-ethics-expert-weighs-in-on-coverage-of-president-trumps-tweets/391565072

Recent thoughts on Stephen Glass

http://casaveneracion.com/shattered-glass-fake-news-writing-revisited/

Robot journalist writes a story in seconds

http://www.microfinancemonitor.com/robot-journalist-in-china-files-news-story-in-1-second/43962

Branson goes after fake ads about him via Virgin.com website

https://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/fake-ad-scams-mentioning-richard-bransonI welcome your comments.

SNL writer tweets about Barron Trump, causing outrage

Should Barron Trump be off limits?
https://pjmedia.com/parenting/2017/01/20/snl-writer-tweets-that-barron-trump-will-be-countrys-first-homeschool-shooter/

Who chooses who gets into the Baseball Hall of Fame?

https://www.sportstalkflorida.com/uncategorized/journalism-ethics-lose-baseball-hall-fame-vote/

Avoid being fake: Tips for those in marketing

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/287888

PRSA explains stance on ethics violators

https://www.prsa.org/resource-library/ethics/about-enforcement/ethics-violators/

Fake noise and the Falcons: entertainment ethics

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/aaron-rodgers-takes-shot-at-falcons-over-fake-crowd-noise-controversy/

Manufacturing quotes bad idea

From Steamboat Springs:
http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2017/jan/16/steamboat-springs-city-council-president-uncomfort/

Trump won't believe anything the media report

http://time.com/4642469/trump-inauguration-crowd-size/?xid=newsletter-brief

And this is our president . . .

His first tweet as prez:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/01/21/trump_deletes_tweet_after_writing_he_is_honered_to_serve.html

No women's march for CNN employees

Conflict of interest or not?
http://http://www.adweek.com/blognetwork/cnn-reminds-employees-they-cant-participate-in-womens-marches/35948?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=ABN_MorningMediaNewsfeed&utm_campaign=Adweek_Newsletter_2017152008

23-year-old college grad makes $$$ doing fake news

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/from-headline-to-photograph-a-fake-news-masterpiece/ar-AAlZpQX?li=BBnbcA1

Trump says NBC created fake news

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-tweet-nbc-news-fake-news-233752

Using social: From the UK

https://netsixtysix.co.uk/ten-commandments-social-media-posting/

Entertainment Ethics: The dog video

http://www.9news.com/news/leaked-video-from-upcoming-movie-draws-question-to-animal-abuse/387337896

Camerawoman who kicked refugees receives sentence

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/petra-laszlo-camerawoman-hungary-sentenced-kicking-refugees-170113053529272.html

Content theft!

You need to give credit--at least!
https://blog.thesocialms.com/6-crazy-cases-of-content-theft/

Facebook and suicide

From the Washington Post:
tersect/wp/2017/01/15/a-12-year-old-girl-live-streamed-her-suicide-it-took-two-weeks-for-facebook-to-take-the-video-down/?utm_term=.8bac8d65eedb

Another controverisal Aussie ad

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-29/industry-body-rules-tv-commercial-vilifies-husbands/8151674

Ad perceived as "bullying" pulled in Australia

http://www.smartcompany.com.au/marketing/advertising/81132-muzz-buzz-sticky-boy-advertisement-pulled-inappropriate-behaviour-bullying/.

Controversial college newspaper headline

From a Buffalo, New York, TV station:

http://wivb.com/2016/11/09/buffalo-state-student-newspaper-runs-controversial-headline-against-president-elect-trump/

Photo dilemma: Run a picture of a killer on front page?

NYTimes public editor speaks out:

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/public-editor/whyd-you-do-that-running-a-photo-of-a-killer-on-the-home-page.html?_r=0

The ethics of virtual reality

https://medium.com/journalism360/updating-the-ethics-of-vr-journalism-e78255e1e507#.s9zs112lx

2017 trends in journalism

From the Nieman Lab at Harvard:

http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/01/whats-the-big-journalism-trend-for-2017-fear-oh-and-voice-news-bots/

Some of the biggest fake-news stories

https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/education/teach-students-spot-fake-news-say-academics/

The 'morality' of online marketing

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ethics-online-marketing-brand-morality-matter/181863/

The problems with Facebook Live

http://www.marketingdive.com/news/torture-video-might-raise-questions-for-marketers-on-facebook-live/433463/

So, the company hires a journalist to help:
http://www.thewrap.com/facebook-names-campbell-brown-its-head-of-news-partnerships/

Trump and the media: A precarious relationship

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-01-06/trump-call-for-leak-probe-suggests-no-let-up-in-fight-with-media

Ethics Adviceline link for you

Here is the website:
https://ethicsadvicelineforjournalists.org

The consequences of fake news

So many stories about this topic, yet so little time.

However, here is a good article from the Vail Daily News:

http://www.vaildaily.com/news/the-misinformation-age-fake-news-can-be-dizzying-but-there-are-ways-to-sort-fact-from-fiction/

A blogpost from The Hill:

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/312906-fake-news-free-for-all-examining-the-political-implications-of