Codes of ethics Michelle Moylan, Valeria Toscana, Clarissa Cecchi
Ethical Frameworks Promotion of diversity Promotion of diversity Fairness Environmental discourse Conflict of Interests Promotion of diversity Fairness
CORE PRNCIPLES OF FOX NEWS: Tolerance Open debate Civil discourse Fair and balanced news coverage
Fox News Seventeen owned and operated stations Affiliation agreements with 177 TV stations in the United States Fox News
FOX NEWS MEDIA MANIPULATION Edited pictures Video Footage and Captioning Graph Manipulation
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Founded by Ralph J. Roberts, Daniel Aaron, and Julian A. Brodsky Produce entertainment, news, information products, and services to a global customer base Cable and content provider Largest Media corporation (ranking higher than 21st Century Fox, Disney and Time Warner)
CORE PRNCIPLES OF COMCAST: Non-discrimination, non-harassment, and equal opportunity Integrity Anti-trust Employee health and safety
Comcast/NBC Universal merger – threathening diversity and competition? FCC approval (4-1) Comcast/NBC Universal merger – threathening diversity and competition? Free Press’ reaction CEO Josh Silver “a failure of the agency to live up to its own public interest mandate” President Obama on diversity and differentiation
Consequences and conditions of the merger Josh Silver on the conditions Net neutrality and the BitTorrent scandal
Meredith Atwell Baker – from FCC to NBC Universal Barred from lobbying any federal administrative agency for at least two years Barred for life from lobbying the FCC over any of the Comcast merger conditions
Proposed merger with Time Warner Cable The suspicious dinner for Mignon Clyburn FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler: “the proposed merger would have posed an unacceptable risk to competition and innovation especially given the growing importance of high-speed broadband to online video and innovative new services.”
IS ENVIRONMENTAL DISCOURSE, A NEW FORM OF MARKETING?
ABOUT NBC UNIVERSAL: One of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news and information to a global audience.
CORE PRINCIPLES OF NBC: At NBCUniversal, it’s not just about moving our business forward, but moving people forward. Pro-social initiatives which address issues from inclusion to environmental awareness We strive to engage consumers around media that matters and work to enable individual potential and inspire collective action.
NBC ENVIRONMENTAL MISSION: “In addition to offering environmental protection materials such as filters and filter clothes, we make efforts towards environmental protection with our slogan: ‘Offer a clean, friendly, and safe environemnt both for people and nature.’ ”
NBC GREEN WEEK: Annually—during April’s Earth Week— NBCUniversal dedicates a week of programming across all its brands to inform and educate audiences about environmental topics.
ECOwatch article: The 10 Largest Companies Obstructing Climate Policy
GLOBAL ETHICS vs COMPANY INTEREST Three Wishes TV Show NBC’s ‘Three Wishes’ is a parade of embarassing consumerism. (Michael Seringhuas Nov 10, 2005)
Population x Consumption ≠ PLANET Repower America
Thank you! Michelle Moylan, Valeria Toscana, Clarissa Cecchi