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David Carr, impartiality and a Times ethics policy

Posted on November 8, 2010 by hro50ta1

The sidelines, which is where American journalism and news used to live, have become a far less interesting place. Why merely annotate events when you can tilt the playing field? — David Carr, New York Times, November 8, 2010 By … Continue reading →

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Good Lies, Bad Lies

Posted on October 21, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Luke Warm Professor of Mendacity University of Munchausen My favorite war hero is Horatio Hornblower. Remember when Lieutenant Hornblower was assigned to conduct a battalion of royalist French soldiers to the coast of France? That was during my favorite … Continue reading →

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A reporter’s best friend: Extortion

Posted on November 30, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Luke Warm Professor of Mendacity, University of Munchausen [paypal-donation] There’s a scene in Richard Wright’s 1940 novel, Native Son, where a newspaper reporter lays down the lie that should be a tool in every journalist’s kit. I thought of this … Continue reading →

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Those Free Press pumpkins

Posted on October 8, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell During the McCarthy period, spy-hunting journalist Whittaker Chambers hid rolls of film in a pumpkin. In the most amazing Detroit Free Press story I’ve ever read, I learned today, October 8, 2009, how the two top sleuths … Continue reading →

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Off guard: Prosecution by newspaper

Posted on January 22, 2009 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Motives are important, even in the newspaper business. And in newspapers, business is a prime motive, though often unspoken. There’s that glass wall between business and editorial, right? Advertising people don’t talk to editors and vice versa. … Continue reading →

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A TRUE ethics policy

Posted on March 25, 2008 by admin

“Ride hard, shoot straight and speak the shining truth.” Why would I post a one-line, nine-word bromide that is open to a wide range of interpretation and claim it as my blog’s ethics policy? Because it contains three elements missing … Continue reading →

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Shoestring Ethics Policy

Posted on January 19, 2008 by admin

Ride hard, shoot straight and speak the shining truth.

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