1. Media Ethics Is that an oxymoron?

2. Getting it Right The News Fairness in media means pursuing the truth with both vigor and compassion, and reporting information without favoritism, self-interest, or prejudice. –Distortion

3. Staged NY Times/Washington Post 1981 Janet Cooke

4. 2003 Jayson Blair New York Times Fabricated stories

5. More –Checkbook journalism paying for news stories –Hidden cameras ambush interviews –Withholding information AIDS/Rape victims

6. The News.... Invasion of Privacy –Did the tabloids kill Princess Diana? Prominence –Your DUI not on the front page but the Governor’s son’s is? Diversity –Avoiding stereotyping/more accurate portrayal

7. Advertising Inserting ads into programming (video) Warning labels on Rx Liquor and cigarette advertising (slides)

8. Content of Programming Editorial Content Warning labels Artistic freedom Violence, sex, language (video)