Fall 2011, Vol. 23, No. 1
Future of Press Regulation?
Thomas offers a prediction of what press regulation in the U.K. will be like after the News of the World was caught telephone hacking—using unethical means to achieve the most titillating ends.
Unethical Fireworks
When CBS-TV aired the July 4th Boston Pops concert and the following fireworks display in 2011, was it news? Entertainment? Both? Real or unreal? The Boston Globe takes this matter seriously.
Unhappy Valley
Gordon takes an early look at an ongoing story and asks why so few media outlets—local or national—took so long to cover the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.
Realistic Ethics: A Brief Look
Return to one of Merrill’s favorite exemplars: Niccolo Machiavelli. Maybe we should pay more attention to pragmatic—or even selfish—ethical behavior.
Should the Dominique Strauss-Kahn Case Change the Ethics of Covering Crime?
Breslin considers if the victim of a crime should lose all vestiges of privacy when the media pack of reportorial and photographic wolves (or dogs?) is turned loose.
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