Tag Archives: Journalism ethics

‘Nature of the issue’

Posted on May 20, 2012 by hro50ta1

“The strife distracted everyone because no one could push back,” said one current trader in the office who insisted on anonymity because of the nature of the issue. — The New York Times, “Discord at Key JPMorgan Unit Is Blamed … Continue reading →

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Parsley, sage, rosemary and journalism

Posted on July 22, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell There’s a lot of yackity-yack from traditional journalists about how bloggers don’t adhere to the same high standards as our morally superior print cousins. In this exalted view, practitioners of the old format — for example, newspapers … Continue reading →

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Harvard and the hypocrites

Posted on September 18, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Back in 2007, when top brass at the Detroit (so-called) Free Press reprimanded me for donating $500 to Michigan Democrats, then threatened to fire me if I ever again dared exercise my right as a U.S. citizen … Continue reading →

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Tainted by my t-shirt?

Posted on October 5, 2008 by admin

 By Joel Thurtell I’m sitting here in my t-shirt wondering if this shred of cotton is somehow polluting everything I write because it has a photo of Barack Obama. Is it possible that unseen biases are creeping into my head … Continue reading →

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Ethics at the Detroit Free Press — again

Posted on April 30, 2008 by admin

This article about the arbitration case involving my donation in 2004 to the Democratic party in Michigan appeared in the newsletter of Newspaper Guild Detroit Local 22: Ethics Policy-Free Lance Work Focus of Free Press Arbitrations Arbitrator Paul Glendon heard … Continue reading →

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