Isn't reporting the news a public trust, and don't those who do it have an ethical obligation to investigate and find the *truth providing balanced opinions about the *truth while setting aside the secondary concerns of matters of taste?
2007-09-06 17:54:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
Yes it is but a part of that is also ensuring that news are reported in an unbiased, factual, and honest manner, instead of deliberately geared towards the interests of those in power. News today is also all about ratings and selling papers. How can it have integrity when it has become a consumerist trade?
2007-09-06 18:02:21 · answer #1 · answered by Riya Layne 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Journalism used to be a search for the truth. Now our U.S. news outlets are basically all about sensationalism and tabloid news with Fox News the #1 sleazes.
2007-09-07 00:58:58 · answer #2 · answered by cashmere 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They have never learned, or set aside, the sage advice which once sat above the head of the managing editor of the old Chicago News Bureau:
"First rule of good reporting: If your mother says she loves you, check it out!".
2007-09-07 01:51:26 · answer #3 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately no one "reports" the news these days. They feel they all have to be commentators.
2007-09-07 01:14:44 · answer #4 · answered by Dick F 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a perfect world they do.
2007-09-11 10:05:57 · answer #5 · answered by bgee2001ca 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋