Supporters believe law will protect privacy of terror victims, strengthen media ethics
Year: 2011
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.
Under threat of massive protest, Mubarek stifles Internet connections
Faced with widespread anti-government unrest, Egyptian president moves to preserve stability – and to prevent social media from spurring Tunisia-like revolution
Social media — tool of revolution or repression?
An engaging article by Scott Shane in Sunday’s New York Times adds context to a flurry of articles on how social media (seemingly alone) is undermining authoritarian Arab leaders. I applaud the democratic movements and …
Social networking and journalism: Ethics from a Latin American view
In a region rife with political and social challenges, scholars and journalists wrestle with ethics in the new media “ecosystem”
The end of secrecy and privacy?
UK phone-hacking scandal leads one journalist to declare, “ Media ethics are in a mess.”
Spokesman’s resignation revives UK phone-hacking scandal
Downing St official quits; Brit papers hint at mischief surrounding Murdoch’s takeover of satellite broadcaster BSkyB
A Librarian reacts to WikiLeaks
Following the release of thousands of classified diplomatic documents, the library community has seemingly embraced WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange as one of our own.
The American Library Association (ALA) which held its annual winter meeting in San Diego in early January saw several resolutions from various internal groups