New York Magazine Q&A with Ayman Mohyeldin, Al Jazeera English’s correspondent in Cairo
Month: February 2011
Israeli bill proposes ban on images of victims without consent
Supporters believe law will protect privacy of terror victims, strengthen media ethics
Journalist fired for comment on Mexican president’s drinking
Prominent journalist Carmen Aristegui fired from MVS radio for violating ethics code; critics point to gov’t pressure
In your face: The ethics of opinion journalism
Journalists who add their own fierce opinions to political discourse have every right to do so, writes Stephen J.A. Ward, but it’s “deliberative” commentators who serve a democracy best. In March, Sun TV News, Canada’s newest all-news …
In Your Face: The Ethics of Opinion Journalism
In March, Sun TV News, Canada’s newest all-news TV station, is scheduled to begin broadcasting amid concern it will follow Fox News – feature hosts that are fiercely partisan and opinionated.
Across the border, Americans debate the future of the Fox News model. Will it spread to CNN? Or, did MSNBC, by parting ways with partisan host Keith Olbermann, signal a return to moderate opinion journalism?
The debate is roiled by worries that extreme media destroy civility in public life, perhaps even cause violence. When a gunman shot a congresswoman and others outside a Tucson supermarket in January, some media reports blamed extreme media.