Ethical Issues

The careers of journalists have been based on reporting the truth and the facts, while maintaining objectivity about each story. It is important to not have a bias when reporting the facts to the public. With the "ProPublica's nonprofit's news gathering pays off for partners," story featured in the New York Times, it deals with different ethical issues. One issue that stood out to me, was how the reporter of the New Orleans medical story had her own opinion on the matter. In the story it say that Sheri Fink wanted to change what she sees as a dysfunctional medical system. Since she was reporting on the story, her opinion should not be known. It presents a bias for the readers and viewers of the story. Because of this it is important for the consumers of the media to read trust worthy news from places that check their facts. In the first story about David Gregory refusing to check his facts is concerning because there may be misinformation presented. In the ProPublica story, it said, "The goal is not about getting credit.The goal is greeting the story before the eyes of the people who can most benefit from it." While I see the point, I have to agree with the NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen who believes programs should offer an online fact check each week of exaggeration and lies. It is the job of journalist to uncover the truth and it seems ironic that there would be people such as David Gregory refusing to check the facts and get the truth out to the public. It is interesting to me that in the story "Reporter and Players wear the same colors," the same ethical issue of fact checking seems to be taking place, "newspapers struggling to plug the gaps in their newsrooms have been turning to outside organizations to supply articles, raising questions about their ability to vouch for the material they print." This is a concerning ethical issue for all media organizations and is makes the job of journalist even more important, so they deliver accurate stories to the media. One the administration standpoint it is concerning because they have to deal with where their limited resources are best applied. Should they have more people to "fact check" or do they continue as is and try and keep there organization afloat. Ehtical issues are everywhere and journalist and their media organizations need to cooperate and work together, but journalism rules should not be thrown out the window.