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Betraying Truth: The Abuse Of Journalistic Ethics In Middle East Reporting, Kenneth Lasson
Betraying Truth: The Abuse Of Journalistic Ethics In Middle East Reporting, Kenneth Lasson
Kenneth Lasson
In a world at once increasingly chaotic and historically interconnected, the news media have come to play unprecedented roles both in the virtually instantaneous recording of fast-moving events and in influencing the occurrence and evolution of those events themselves. The media, of course, are not beyond reproach. Freedom of the press does not mean immunity from criticism. Reputable journalists abide by standards which, though largely self-imposed, are presumed to be honestly applied. When these principles are abrogated, violators should be taken to task. Nowhere has this responsibility been more tested than in the Middle East, where for over a half-century …
Betraying Truth: The Abuse Of Journalistic Ethics In Middle East Reporting, Kenneth Lasson
Betraying Truth: The Abuse Of Journalistic Ethics In Middle East Reporting, Kenneth Lasson
Kenneth Lasson
BETRAYING TRUTH: THE ABUSE OF JOURNALISTIC ETHICS IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING By Kenneth Lasson Abstract In a world at once increasingly chaotic and historically interconnected, the news media have come to play unprecedented roles both in the virtually instantaneous recording of fast-moving events and in influencing the occurrence and evolution of those events themselves. The media, of course, are not beyond reproach. Freedom of the press does not mean immunity from criticism. Reputable journalists abide by standards which, though largely self-imposed, are presumed to be honestly applied. When these principles are abrogated, violators should be taken to task. Nowhere has …