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"To Be Or Not To Be" Responsible: The Effectiveness Of Media's Codes Of Ethics As Checks On Biased Reporting, Blake D. Morant

Blake D Morant

“To Be or Not to Be” Responsible: The Effectiveness of the Media’s Codes of Ethics as Checks on Biased Reporting Blake D. Morant Dean and Professor of Law Wake Forest University School of Law “Media bias” has become a clichéd expression. Despite the phrase’s cavalier use by some to minimize the industry’s influence, biased reporting remains an omnipresent cloud on media’s legitimacy as the fourth estate. Polemic issues related to race, gender or traditionally disadvantaged groups, particularly when covered sensationally by news media, exposes problems related to bias and misinformation. This Article deconstructs the problem of media bias through a …