Ethics and Journalism Part 1
Published December 06, 2004
A primer to a series that will get kind of involved.
Agree or disagree with the following and why?
In poem form:
Greater than you
A spelling error is less than
getting a name spelled wrong, which is less than
a misquote, which is less than
a misquote that changes the meaning of what was said which is less than
plagiarism, which is less than
making stuff up.
Plagiarism is professional suicide but it doesn't harm the reader as much as many of the other circumstances listed here
- Ethics and Journalism Part 1
- Published: December 06, 2004
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- Writer: Temple Stark
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I see that I misspelled
forsooth I erred
indeed it is a misdemeanor
by your code
It's not a code dude. And I'm concerned about the reader, the perception and the reality, not the reporter's psyche.
When we're talking about ethics it's the end reader (I can't use the word consumer) that matters.
Thanks for adding links Eric (or whomever). I was going to do that today.
Whew that top book is 31 bucks for 175 pages.
That's a chunk of change there.
I thought the replies were to be
poetic - mine shall be.
All language is a code
And the reader
is the interpreter
What of, then,
the ethics of the reader?
Is online writing the worse
because it breaks these fair principles?
I draw attention to "The Firebrand and Freedom"
which is an interview with
a fine writer commenting
on writing, the Internet and ethics
Add your comment, speak your mind
(Or ping: http://blogcritics.org/mt/tb/22943)
What of bad grammar,
to speak of but one
failing of poor wrting?
Is fiction therefore worse
than bad spelling
in marring
and scarring
a writer
I am,
or have been,
and will be
guilty.