Media Ethics For Larry

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On the morning of May 12, LinkedIn, the networking site devoted to making professionals “more productive and successful,” emailed scores of my contacts and told them I’m a professional racist.

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If you believe in nonprofit journalism, it is time to support it. And if you support nonprofit journalism it’s time to go public with that support. Tweet @jcstearns: Tell me what journalism nonprofits you donate to and why. Then tag it #give4news.

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Gawker has served up a cocktail of potential ethical quandaries just in time for happy hour. On Friday afternoon, the Manhattan-based outlet posted three recordings purportedly stolen from Donald Trump's voicemail by a group of anonymous hackers.

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In August 2014, eight months into South Sudan’s still-raging conflict, some aid worker friends started telling me to get to Bentiu.

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There’s no way to skirt the word used to describe Ted Cruz at a Donald Trump rally last night: pussy. Then, amazingly, Donald Trump repeated it so the entire crowd could hear.

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What’s more important? Restricted free Internet access for the poor? Or maintaining an open, neutral Internet without limitations? This is the debate Facebook is having with the world via petitions to regulators, skeptical forums, and today, full-page newspaper ads.

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A recent article in The Times about the flawed way that experts predicted health care costs had an extra element when read online: personalized location. Information about the reader’s likely location followed.

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UPDATED: “The Hateful Eight” and “The Revenant” have leaked to piracy sites after screeners were sent to voters for awards consideration, according to data issued Monday by Excipio. Both films were slated for a Christmas Day release.

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This video, published today by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, raises an ongoing ethical question for journalists. When should someone abandon the job he’s paid to do — documenting events, in this case — and put the camera down to pitch in to help?

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With a brutal flair for the theatrical that has come to define them, the terrorist organisation Daesh (often referred to as ISIS or the so-called Islamic State) released a new propaganda video to bring in the new year, aimed specifically at UK audiences.

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There are many aspects to "ethics in data journalism". Examples such as the gun permit map raise complex questions about privacy and accountability. There are also legal questions, such as the use of hacked data or copyrighted materials.

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“Redefining Engagement” is a special 11-part series on the progress, promise and potential challenges of community engagement in journalism. The series, produced by the Agora Journalism Center, will be published in serial this month by MediaShift. Click here for the full series.

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A Minneapolis City Council member is under the microscope for the way she handled criticism of her support for Wednesday’s Black Lives Matter protest. Ninth ward member Alondra Cano came in for attention from right-leaning D.C.

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The next time you read or hear a story on the state of the news media, think of this picture. It’s a far, far more accurate accounting of it than any research could reveal.

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CBS’ Face the Nation is the most-watched Sunday morning news television show in the U.S., attracting roughly 3 million viewers each week. On this Sunday morning, the show is focused on foreign policy, as it interviews Ben Carson, Jeb Bush and Lindsey Graham on the issues of ISIS and refugees.

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No Bozeman (MT) TV news outlet covers the sheriff’s office as thoroughly, and fluffily, as KBZK and anchor/reporter Judy Slate. Her reports have included Gallatin County Sheriff Brian Gootkin participating in a “cold water challenge”; attending a Washington D.C.

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College campuses are alive with activism.