Via online. 3 pages., Subtitle: A recent 8,000-word article in the New Yorker reaffirmed a trend in journalism of turning important scientific issues into a circus sideshow.
Author examines several ethical issues identified in an analysis and public reporting of conversation involving an environmental blogger and a coal industry executive. Examination involved ethical standards of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Public Relations Society of America.
USA: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, New York City, New York
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10572
Notes:
5 pages., via website, FAIR., Author revisits an earlier concern about the performance of a newspaper food columnist who recently admitted taking money from agribusiness interest groups that she covers.
Case study involving public relations practitioners who disguised the provenance of documents they had created or commissioned involving the "Wal-Marting Across America" information campaign.
