[dirtboy]

Researchers examine ethics of journalists

Hope they have a good microscope.

[housewife101]

What ethics???This shouldn't take long.

[ZGuy]

journalists are significantly more ethical than the average adult

BWAAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[Spok]

"Researchers examine ethics of journalists"

...and found nothing.

[Paradox]

I believe most of them are ethical, really! It doesn't mean they aren't biased, however. It doesn't mean that this bias doesn't find its way into their reporting..

[Zacs Mom]

[nmh]

You mean they might actually have ETHICS?

LOL!!!

[Congressman Billybob]

We would need to see the exact questions/problems to know whether the final paragraph of this article is more bullsh*t from the MSM. After all, someone who is thoroughly biased from home life and schooling at all levels, may consider himself to be "honest" when he sticks to that mindset as a journalist.

There is no way to tell from this article whether the findings amount to a hill of beans, or is merely an example of one biased institution (academia) offering cover for another (the MSM).

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, " 'L.A. Chappaquiddick,' Starring Hillary Clinton."

[Grampa Dave]

Ethics of Journalists is in the same oxy moron class as Ethics of Lawyers.

[hunter112]

Anybody seen this "test"? Google it up, and you'll see it's chock full of moral relativism. If that's what we're measuring here, then journalists should have a high score.

[Grampa Dave]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1346612/posts

Media Warned About Faux News Advocacy Pieces

Media Warned About Faux News Advocacy Pieces
Scrappleface ^ | 2-19-05 | Scott Ott


Posted on 02/19/2005 4:55:32 AM PST by FlyLow


(2005-02-19) -- Just a day after the U.S. comptroller general warned the White House against distributing simulated newscasts that promote administration policies without clearly stating the source, major U.S. media outlets including the New York Times, CNN and CBS News have received a similar advisory.

"Americans have a right to know whether there is an agenda or any bias behind the news reports they read, hear or view," said a spokesman from the FCC. "Just as the White House shouldn't try to accomplish its public relations goals with unattributed faux newscasts, so the editors at the Washington Post and MSNBC cannot hide their political agendas behind a patina of journalistic credibility."

The new warning includes guidelines for flagging so called 'agenda-driven' news to make sources and motivation more transparent to news consumers.

Under the terms of the new protocol, the New York Times, Washington Post and L.A. Times, for example, may continue their traditional 'news' coverage, but all sections of the papers will now be labeled 'Op-Ed.'

Televised news operations, like CNN or CBS, will be in compliance if newscasters simply wink at the camera at least once every 20 seconds during agenda-driven stories.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

"What we're measuring is an ability to work out what ought to be done when you're in a dilemma," said Mickey Bebeau, executive director of the Center for the Study of Ethical Development at the University of Minnesota.

According to whose standards? I've argued with various journalists more than once about this very subject. Most of them claim there are no standards, though that's just a cover. They really believe that liberalism is an absolute truth.

The creepiest thing about journalists is their smug assertion that they can make a living out of criticizing others without deserving any criticism in return. If you criticize them they act so violated. I think they suffer from a deity-self-perception disorder or something.

[Gingersnap]

So journalists made ethical decisions about half the time or about twice as often as criminals. Wow.

Sorry but I'm unimpressed. That seminarians only made ethical decisions 65% of the time is also not inspiring. What would be interesting is to examine the scores of seminarians according to whether they considered themselves "progressive" or "traditional".

[MikeHu]

I did a quick check of the morning's headlines and haven't run across, Journalists more honest than everybody else, yet. I think maybe they're waiting for the full impact of yesterday's headlines, Journalists smarter than everybody else. to kick in. That's not to be confused with the previous day's headline, Journalists more important than everybody else. My favorite though, is last month's headline, Journalists more humble than everybody else.

I wonder how we get these erroneous notions that journalists are entirely self-preoccupied and self-serving?