http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/sensitive-news-topics/not-the-straight-story/ Journalism ethics cases online Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:35:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/sensitive-news-topics/not-the-straight-story/comment-page-1/#comment-30346 Haley Waldkoetter Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:26:31 +0000 http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/sensitive-news-topics/not-the-straight-story/#comment-30346 I think what David Gross did is justifiable. I think that trying to shield the WM's family does make it some what justifiable because the family probably didn't know where all of his ads were published if WM did publish ads as he claimed in "hundreds of papers". I don't think that misleading the readers would be justifiable if it was just to make the news more positive though. The ads did cease, which is the important thing, the community didn't need to know how he reacted because of the judgements the would make on him and his family. I think what David Gross did is justifiable. I think that trying to shield the WM’s family does make it some what justifiable because the family probably didn’t know where all of his ads were published if WM did publish ads as he claimed in “hundreds of papers”. I don’t think that misleading the readers would be justifiable if it was just to make the news more positive though. The ads did cease, which is the important thing, the community didn’t need to know how he reacted because of the judgements the would make on him and his family.

]]> http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/sensitive-news-topics/not-the-straight-story/comment-page-1/#comment-30327 Jill Chickedantz Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:01:10 +0000 http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/sensitive-news-topics/not-the-straight-story/#comment-30327 I like this article. I like this article.

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