On the ethics of making mistakes while reporting during a chaotic event: Lessons from the Washington Naval Yard
By Kelcey Sexton On the morning of Sept. 16, 13 people were killed at the Washington Navy Yard, one of the victims being the shooter, Aaron Alexis. In the midst of the chaos that morning, some news organizations were forced to retract reports including misinformation given to them by sources. Two of those organizations, NBC […]
Walking away for ethical reasons pays off in case of CNET reporter
We recently wrote of CNET News’ problems with its parent CBS, in which the network told its tech news company to remove Dish’s “Hopper with Sling” device as a “Best of CES” product because CBS is suing Dish over the device. CBS hasn’t backed down much, and among the fallout is that Consumer Electronics Show […]