HistoryWeb Excursion - Media history includes many interesting scandals, and similar ones reappear from time to time. Search the Web for terms associated with the type of ethical lapses covered in the history portion of this chapter—terms such as "hoaxes," "yellow journalism" and "blacklisting." Find the most current example of one of them that you can, and compare it to its historical precedents.
IndustryWeb Excursion - How does your perception of ethical standards in media compare with those of other people? Search the Web for ethical standards polls, and see what those results are. Also, review the New York Times policy on ethics in journalism: http://www.nytco.com/press/ethics.html. Find and review the ethics policies of other major media outlets.
ControversiesWeb Excursion - How much does political point of view affect one's perceptions of ethical problems? Search the Web for liberal and conservative viewpoints about bias. You might want to go directly to AIM at www.aim.org and FAIR at www.fair.org. Find similar complaint from two different viewpoints and compare them.
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