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Category Archives: Ethics in the News

Buffalo gunman cited racist conspiracy theory Fox News host Tucker Carlson helped push into mainstream

Zeynep Tufekci to lead Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security at Columbia University

Will Politico journalists get swept into investigation of Supreme Court draft opinion leak despite lack of crime?

Kelly McBride: Outdated rules stifle newsroom discussions on how to capture complexity of abortion debate

Conservative media focus more on leak of Supreme Court draft abortion opinion than its implications

Politico editors might assuage any ethical concerns over its Supreme Court scoop by explaining backstory

Washington Post journalist Philip Bump: ‘The media needs to be proactive about rising to its own defense’

Groups condemn sheriff for intimidating reporter over story about an attempted inmate abuse cover-up

Sitting on news to sell books: Journalists are saving first drafts of history for history books they author

Roy Peter Clark: Redefined view of objectively allows journalists to stray from neutrality, but not too far

White House-to-newsroom pipeline may worsen public’s perceptions of both politics and journalism

New owners of longtime independent New Mexico newspaper include prominent Republican Party members

Taylor Lorenz skewers MSNBC; claims online harassment against her surged after participating in interview

Study finds skeptical news consumers spend little time assessing trustworthiness of news outlets’ stories

CBS News hopes Mick Mulvaney, who reinforced Trump’s lies, will provide access to his political kin

Jen Psaki says there’s no ethical problem negotiating new job with MSNBC while working for White House

Chris Wallace on why he left Fox News for CNN: “I just no longer felt comfortable with the programming”

Science writer Carl Zimmer to explore reporting on the pandemic at annual media ethics symposium

Social media companies grapple with how to ethically address graphic images of war violence, hateful speech

A challenge to journalists from news consumers: “We don’t want our opinions of the world to change”

Reporter Jessica Contrera wins Anthony Shadid journalism ethics award for stories on child sex trafficking

Study suggests newsrooms can combat misinformation and build reader trust with public corrections

Palin seeks to disqualify judge who presided over her NY Times defamation suit; says he contaminated jury

Judge cites lack of plausibility in dismissal of Project Veritas’ defamation suit against CNN

Chris Cuomo accuses Don Lemon, Jake Tapper of ethics violations in legal battle with CNN

Axios forced to correct story about letter appearing to show Ukraine asking the US for additional help

Russian tabloid may have been pressured to remove key parts of story according to CNN

College lecture series ‘Fakes, Hacks, Fibs & Tales: Journalism Ethics’ to explore changing media ethics

In the wake of misinformation online, ethics of manipulated media known as “deepfakes” questioned

Gannett says human error responsible for nine-month-long paid ad mix-up in several of its owned publications

Dozens of sources accuse Jeff Zucker of abusing power, violating ethics standards in new report