Comments on: When the league owns the network — and pays the journalists: A new set of ethical questions arise http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/07/when-the-league-owns-the-network-and-pays-the-journalists-a-new-set-of-ethical-questions-arise/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:01:36 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: SoCalGal http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/07/when-the-league-owns-the-network-and-pays-the-journalists-a-new-set-of-ethical-questions-arise/comment-page-1/#comment-67964 SoCalGal Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:32:26 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=5682#comment-67964 "Ethics" and "journalists." These two words don't even belong in the same sentence. I swear, Satan himself runs the media. It's his instrument of terror. The problem is medialoid--defined as the infiltration of tabloid journalism into traditional media sources, including the proliferation of sensationalism, triviality and disregard for privacy, with particular emphasis on news coverage of the sports and entertainment industries. Medialoid thinks they make the rules by which society must live. They think they define what is and is not free speech. They have no morals, no decency and no shame. What we have is not qualified reporters reporting on newsworthy topics but packs of bloodthirsty jackals always on the prowl for their next victim. Ka-ching! They hide behind the First Amendment while they tear down society by pandering to humankind's basest instincts. From their presumed position as the final arbiters of what people should think and what they should be thinking about, they smell blood in the water and circle the victim like a bunch of braying hyenas. Ka-ching! Every word you write is for ratings or CTRs. I hope you jooornalists are all proud of yourselves. Michael Jackson…now Tiger Woods. Tiger isn't the one who should be ashamed—except before his wife. Medialoid should be ashamed for the disreputable way they behave when a high profile personality stumbles. Ugh. I hate the media. You all make me sick. “Ethics” and “journalists.” These two words don’t even belong in the same sentence. I swear, Satan himself runs the media. It’s his instrument of terror. The problem is medialoid–defined as the infiltration of tabloid journalism into traditional media sources, including the proliferation of sensationalism, triviality and disregard for privacy, with particular emphasis on news coverage of the sports and entertainment industries. Medialoid thinks they make the rules by which society must live. They think they define what is and is not free speech. They have no morals, no decency and no shame. What we have is not qualified reporters reporting on newsworthy topics but packs of bloodthirsty jackals always on the prowl for their next victim. Ka-ching! They hide behind the First Amendment while they tear down society by pandering to humankind’s basest instincts. From their presumed position as the final arbiters of what people should think and what they should be thinking about, they smell blood in the water and circle the victim like a bunch of braying hyenas. Ka-ching! Every word you write is for ratings or CTRs. I hope you jooornalists are all proud of yourselves. Michael Jackson…now Tiger Woods. Tiger isn’t the one who should be ashamed—except before his wife. Medialoid should be ashamed for the disreputable way they behave when a high profile personality stumbles. Ugh. I hate the media. You all make me sick.

]]> By: Interactive in Milwaukee » Blog Archives » When your employer is the focus of your story http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/07/when-the-league-owns-the-network-and-pays-the-journalists-a-new-set-of-ethical-questions-arise/comment-page-1/#comment-21761 Interactive in Milwaukee » Blog Archives » When your employer is the focus of your story Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:56:06 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=5682#comment-21761 [...] the conflicts of interest reporters face when their employer is the focus of their coverage.   When the league owns the network — and pays the journalists: A new set of ethical questions arise   Photo by Alan Penner used under a Creative Commons [...]

[...] the conflicts of interest reporters face when their employer is the focus of their coverage.   When the league owns the network — and pays the journalists: A new set of ethical questions arise   Photo by Alan Penner used under a Creative Commons [...]

]]> By: A Mid-Week Link Thing http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/07/when-the-league-owns-the-network-and-pays-the-journalists-a-new-set-of-ethical-questions-arise/comment-page-1/#comment-21200 A Mid-Week Link Thing Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:43:11 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=5682#comment-21200 [...] Rice of Harvard University’s Nieman Journalism Lab looks at the ethics behind league-owned channels hiring and paying working journalists to cover [...]

[...] Rice of Harvard University’s Nieman Journalism Lab looks at the ethics behind league-owned channels hiring and paying working journalists to cover [...]

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