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Category Archives: Ethics
Four days to go
And the polls start to tighten a bit. Actually polls tightening it the days before an election is not an uncommon occurrence in elections in general. What is a less common occurrence is a media outlet actively refusing to release … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Ethics, Government, Journalism, Media, News, Politics, Society
Tagged Bias, Elections, Media, presidents
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An element of hypocrisy
There’s a message on my home answering machine from the local McCain campaign office essentially begging me to come down and run a telephone for them sometime in the next eighteen days. More than likely, I will not return that phone call or help the campaign.
Why? Because I believe my position as a writer creates a conflict of interest for me that I cannot overcome. It is not just writing her on this weblog that creates a problem, but also the fact that I work as a reporter and an editor for my college newspaper where my beat is, among other things, politics. […] Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Ethics, Government, Journalism, Media, Politics, Weblogs, Writing
Tagged Ethics, Independence, Journalism, Politics, Writing
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