REVIEW: Quandry over contrasting ethics texts

Review of Journalism Ethics: Arguments and Cases, by Martin Hirst and Roger Patching "I have sought advice from both texts on this kind of delimma: journalists allowing personal allegiances to influence them in the course of their duty. Richard points to the flaws in Australian MEAA Code of E...

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Auteur principal: Mark Pearson
Format: article
Langue:EN
Publié: Asia Pacific Network 2005
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/cbdc700a92c2430794a65d9b6c9b5fb9
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Résumé:Review of Journalism Ethics: Arguments and Cases, by Martin Hirst and Roger Patching "I have sought advice from both texts on this kind of delimma: journalists allowing personal allegiances to influence them in the course of their duty. Richard points to the flaws in Australian MEAA Code of Ethics' clause 4 which stipulates journalists should not allow 'personal interest or any belief, commitment, payment, gift or benefit; to undermine their accuracy, fairness or independence..Hirst and Patching make much of an 'ethical fault line' metaphore throughout their text and refer to objectvity as 'one of the most volatile fault lines in the ideology of reports..."