#ethical journalism

[tedhead]

those bomberguy fans are unhinged

#watching the trending tag on twitter and you could study this #masturbatorily moralistic and moving like a crowd at a witch burning #ive seen people doing actual PR work #talking points repeated over and over and over again #like ‘everyone is responsible for themselves’ which is apathetic therapy speak #haven’t seen a single person blaming the person who did the exposé but a thousand and one saying it wasn’t his fault #and ive seen literal suicide bait and memes around someone posting a note saying they’ve lost all hope #in a few months i wonder if the discussion upon reflection will be about the effects of internet dogpiling or the responsibilities of #ethical journalism #i haven’t even made my tea yet i just woke up and looked at twitter

[pressfreedomday]

FINLAND - Can polarization be stopped - seminar.

Welcome to World Press Freedom Day seminar "Can polarization be stopped? How could journalists and politicians work together to reduce social confrontation".

In the seminar, you can hear the thoughts of journalists, politicians and experts about freedom of the press, polarization and the role of journalists and politicians in creating a more constructive discussion culture.

#seminars #polarization #social confrontation #freedom of expression #freedom of information #freedom of opinion #constructive discussion #citizen journalists #journalism #finland #ethical reporting #ethical journalism #media ethics #31st edition of world press freedom day #events

[gwmac]

The Murder of Jonathan Lewis: Echoes of Injustice and the Double Standard in Media

The Incident: A Detailed Account of a Senseless Tragedy On the afternoon of November 1, a seemingly mundane dispute tragically escalated in an alley near Rancho High School in Las Vegas. Jonathan Lewis, a 17-year-old student, was violently assaulted by a group of his peers, leading to a heartbreaking outcome. The Spark of the Conflict The confrontation began over a pair of stolen wireless…

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#activism #advocacy #American justice system #assault #black-on-white crime #blunt force trauma #bullying #cellphone video #civil rights #Clark County #Clark County District Attorney #community response #community safety #court case #crime prevention #crime reporting #criminal justice #Diversity #equality #ethical journalism #ethical reporting #FBI investigation #grassroots movements #hate crime #head trauma #high school students #human rights #inclusion #inequality in media #injustice

[calling-the-angels]

I was reading an article from CNN about journalists in Gaza (link) and this particular paragraph stuck out to me...

I was initially a journalism major in college so I understand the background of why an organization like CNN would require this style of reporting (i.e. "both sides" representism). However, these inserts of Isreali "viewpoints" that have been shown to be barefaced lies in an article about Gazan journalists risking their lives is just piss-poor optics.

If anyone wonders why people have lost faith in traditional media sources, this is a perfect example. In an article centering Palestinian voices, the organization still requires that Israeli talking points be linked as well and often, in the same paragraph. It reads like: 'here's a quote about a personal lived experience of genocide but nah uh, here's isreali propaganda claiming they are lying and bc they are an ally, they should be believed'. It's American/Western exceptionalism at its finest because "why should we believe a Palestinian, they aren't paragons of truth and justice like we are?"

I don't know if I quite explained myself like I wanted but this particular article just made me so angry that CNN and other Western media were once considered 'trustworthy' sources of information and now are parroting isreali lies. AND telling their readers that Palestinian voices on the ground telling first-hand information are not "good enough" sources of information.

#blah blah journalism ethics are at an all time low #blah blah its why i left the major #bc i could learn about the idealized profession in class #and then turn on the tv or read online and see all the worst realities of the profession #wizard bisan #bisan owda #bisan gaza #bisan #motaz azaiza #hind khoudary #plestia alaqad #journalists in gaza #free gaza #free palestine #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #gaza genocide #gaza #palestine #icj hearing #icj #international court of justice #the hague

[gamer2002]

Journalists demonstrate that they are unbiased by suspending the editor who has said that they are biased

#npr #npr news #journalism #press #journalistic ethics #ethics #media #journalistic integrity

[postcardsfromspace]

An Open Letter to New York Times Subscribers

Hello,

I am writing to encourage you to cancel your subscription to the New York Times, in light of their consistently aggressively biased, irresponsible, and shoddy reporting on trans issues and stacking of their op-ed section with transphobic voices.

This is not a new problem, but it's one that the NYT has compounded and doubled down on over the last few years. The open letter published yesterday is a remarkably civil overview of the issues with their reporting and the material harm that reporting has done; it doesn't even touch on the op-ed stuff, which is absolutely vile. The NYT's official response was to dismiss the signatories--including hundreds of NYT contributors and thousands of readers and other media professionals (including me)--as "activists" working at odds with the NYT's nominal goal of journalistic integrity. The next day--today--they headlined their op-ed section with a defense of J.K. Rowling, who has done more to misinform and stoke the fires of transphobia--in both practice and official policy--than any other public figure, comparing her "persecution"--being correctly identified as transphobic--to that experienced by Salman Rushdie, and repeatedly misgendering trans men as women.

As a former journalist, I consider the NYT's reporting on trans issues unconscionable; as a trans person, I find it incredibly scary. NYT articles--ones misreported to an extent that has triggered open criticism from major medical organizations--have been used to justify some of the most aggressive anti-trans legislation this and last season. That the "paper of record" has decided to advocate for our dehumanization puts the dignity and lives of people like me in active jeopardy, and regardless the quality of their other work, I don't think there's a conscionable way to continue to support them. Yours, Jay Edidin

#New York Times #NYT #journalism #transphobia #ethics #lgbtq

[philosophybits]

There's a difference as big as that between heaven and hell between the proud courage that dares to fear all and the humble courage that dares to hope for all.

Søren Kierkegaard, Journals and Papers

#philosophy #quotes #Søren Kierkegaard #Journals and Papers #pride #fear #humility #hope #courage #ethics

[world-of-wales]

Really shows what the motive was behind all the ruckus the media created over a family photo, when you realise none of them are covering the privacy breach. A woman recovering from surgery having to deal with a violation like this on top of everything people have slug on her in the past weeks.....

But i don't see the press talking about this. Where's all the doomsday articles about people losing their sense of basic decency dailymail??? Why aren't you having special segments about it itv????? Where's the 'exclusive' interviews with the so-called experts gb news?????

#honestly not at all shocked that they dont think this is a big deal #as long as we get cash right? #who cares if we should practice ethical journalism or not

[blueiight]

armand having the newest ipad w the keyboard, daniel’s new but slightly outdated macbook… and louis. having no tech infront of him… orr. louis as the living technology.. what makes human, ‘human’? that vampire is being interviewed indeed chiiiii

#yn. #iwtv #iwtv s2 #louis de pointe du lac #armand #daniel molloy #claudia’s diary infront of louis.. #half in love with easeful death… #ethical journalism died in ep1 #swear this is my last post abt this trailer

[c0mbatchameleon]

Waiting til the last minute to do the final project that we’ve had all semester to do and has the specific instructions “do not wait until the last minute to do this” lfgggg

#maybe I’ll find a healthy work ethic in grad school. #maybe I should log off. like I won’t. but I should #digital journal

[blazehedgehog]

(Not a bait question, I hope!) Is it me, or is the hatred towards Game Journalists the result of the Alt-Right's Anti-Intellectual "philosophy" infecting the gaming community? It feels like ANY intellectual reading of gaming is hated unless it's "non-offensive" (i.e. doesn't mention politics). Journalists get the brunt of it for daring to criticize gaming on the daily, even if they agree with gamers. (I.E. BG3's rave reviews being ignored in favor of a single article about it being too hard.)

I mean, depending on the read, that's where it started, with Gamergate in 2014. The whole thing was about "ethics in game journalism", remember, which mainly existed to drive a wedge into the community in order to create a smoke screen to harass minorities and women.

A campaign to make people angry about something, but when you tried to clearly define what that something was, nobody could agree. This tied into the general idea that "gamergate had no leader" -- it was a decentralized campaign of hatred that basically let you make up whatever you wanted to be mad about that day. A blank check to gatekeep and be a bigot in subtle (and not so subtle) ways.

A lot of what became the ("alt-") right wing extremist playbook had its first dry run with gamergate. And a lot of GG's hardest core members seemed to transition over pretty smoothly. It was the birth of the "angry white man" that is maybe a little too obsessed with whether or not Brie Larson should be Ms. Marvel. People who willingly slid down the slippery slope and went "weeeee!" as they dove.

And, for the record, I'm sure some people in gamergate were feeling valid unrest about a variety of different topics. But it has become clear to me that a lot of people make assumptions about things they do not participate in, nor understand, and that those assumptions are often wrong. So even the people inside of gamergate, with real valid fears about actual journalism ethics were probably afraid for the wrong reasons about things that might not have even been real problems -- and fearmongers ended up exploiting that to fuel the movement.

That campaign of misdirected fear and hatred is exactly what the alt-right movement was, and to some degree, continues to be. Shut-ins who don't understand how the world actually works, chasing their own tails over self-made anxiety and paranoia, in it so deep they don't even remember which direction is up anymore. And they're angry about it. So, so angry.

#questions #Anonymous #ethics in game journalism #angry white man #gamergate

[pressfreedomday]

MONTENEGRO - Promotion of Guidelines for the governance of digital platforms.

With the promotion of Guidelines for the governance of digital platforms, The Media council for self regulation will celebrate this year the 3rd of May; World Press Freedom Day 2024.

#digital platforms #montenegro #events #31st edition of world press freedom day #media governance #reporters #independent journalism #media reporters #women journalists #citizen journalists #displaced journalists #investigative journalists #ethical reporting #ethical journalism #media ethics #human rights reporting #world press freedom day #cyberspace #cybersecurity

[hamletshoeratio]

The difference in how Hen and Eddie's cheating is treated/being treated by the fandom v how Buck's is... I wonder why...

#911 #911 abc #911 season 7 #911 spoilers #eddie diaz #henrietta wilson #evan buck buckely #evan buckley #like not defending any of them for cheating but funny how the white man doesn't get half as much flack as the black woman &the latino man do #its so transparent #right i lied I'm defending Hen like it was s1 the writers didn't really know what they doing with these characters #she was a victim of a bad storyline idea #the show properly clicked in season 2 #but anyways #and like i didn't like taylor #mainly because of how she did her job #speaking someone in the same profession she needed to go back to ethics 101 because christ #theres a reason why you wait for statements from official bodies before reporting #her reporting on Jonah before the (911) lapd released a statement also meant that victims' families might not have been informed in time #that is a huge no no in ethical journalism #taylors truth at any cost shtick really rubbed me off the wrong way because there is a huge cost involved #BUT she didn't deserve to get cheated on by Buck #and i love Buck but he was squarely in the wrong #eddies still unfolding so final thoughts on this scenario pending arc completion #but do i see him going further with kim than he already has by going on dates with her? i don't know #but i do see him heading towards a breakdown because he's been building towards one for multiple seasons now #I'll explore that more in another post methinks

[calling-the-angels]

Shame on you, USA Today!

This is the shoddiest piece of "journalism" I have ever seen. @usatoday

Examples (emphasis mine):

"Explosions were heard in Iran after Israel launched missile strikes in retaliation for a barrage of more than 300 drones and missiles fired by Tehran over the weekend..."

"It was unclear what targets had been hit inside Iran. Iran's weekend swarm of munitions and Israel's response marked the first direct exchanges of fire between the regional arch-enemies."

"Israel, the U.S. and other regional and Western allies joined forces on Saturday to blast hundreds of Iranian drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles out of the sky after they were fired at Israel."

"That attack was itself an act of retaliation after Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khameni, blamed Israel for an airstrike on the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus, Syria, that killed several people including a leading Revolutionary Guards commander."

"Officials have been on edge about the possibility of a regional war since the Palestinian militant group Hamas rampaged across southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 and taking more than 200 people hostage. More than 30,000 Palestinians have died in the ensuing six months in Israeli airstrikes and ground fire, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry."

Language -- and how you use it -- matters, dammit.

It matters what words you use to describe an action. The word you choose tells the reader context clues about what is an acceptable action and what is not. It influences viewpoints about what you are reporting on. Using words and phrases like "barrage" and "swarm of munitions" while painting Israel's actions as a simple "response" without context is a gross manipulation tactic.

It is a gross manipulation tactic to paint the actions of "Israel, the U.S. and other regional and Western allies" as this heroic and epic fantasy where they "joined forces" and "blasted" enemy fire "out of the sky" after they were "fired at Israel." Why did they fire at Israel? Go on, you reported on it. Despite the fact that this linked article features the same shameful use of deliberate word choices to manipulate your readers, you even quoted the Iranian ambassador Hossein Akbari saying that the Iranian response would be "the same magnitude and harshness." Is that not what the terrible "barrage" of missiles and drones fired over the weekend was? Surely, you will bring this up in the article.

"The attack was itself an act of retaliation..." Great, we are going to mention that Israel attacked Iran first. "... after Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khameni, blamed Israel for an airstrike on the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus, Syria." What the fuck. Not only do you then continue on to diminish the lives lost in that airstrike using word choices like "killed several people" and then highlighting one's military connections. It is a blatant manipulation tactic to frame Israel's attack as retaliatory due to an accusation of violence that only "killed several people." Fuck you for diminishing the lives of those in the Middle East living this fucking war/nightmare. Fuck you.

And then, to add insult to injury, you use more inflammatory language to associate Palestinians with a "militant group" called Hamas that "rampaged across southern Israel on Oct. 7." Is Hamas a part of local authority in Gaza? Yes. But painting Palestinians in broad brush strokes with that tone and word association is extremely dangerous and damaging. It's almost similar to how Israeli propaganda speaks about Palestinians...

You then discredit any reporting about the "self defense" that Israel has visited on Gaza and Palestine in the 6 months since October. You do this by stating that the shocking idea of "30,000 Palestinian deaths" (which has already been reported on by far more reputable news sources... though they have their own faults) is the reported deaths by the "Hamas-run Gaza health ministry." Since you have already done the job of describing Hamas as a "militant group" that "rampages" across Israel, do you think that associating the most reliable death count with the "enemy" isn't a disgusting manipulation tactic that belittles and diminishes the very real genocide happening against the Palestinians? Caused by their occupier, Israel?

You aren't news or journalism like you frame yourself to be through your website layout, articles, and tv shows. You are propaganda, bought and paid for by the Israeli occupation. You are on the wrong side of history.

I hope that you and the Western media that have used similar tactics are used in future journalism classes at universities and colleges around the world. I hope you are used as an example of terrible, bad reporting informed only by biases and internal memos telling you what to say. I am disgusted.

Fuck Israel. Fuck the IOF. Fuck Western media.

🇵🇸FREE PALESTINE🇵🇸

#iran #israel #palestine #middle east #regional war? #usatoday #western media #free gaza #free palestine #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #gaza genocide #gaza #i hope this post makes sense i was so blinded with rage that i kind of blacked out while typing #the lack of journalism ethics bothers me to my core

[gamer2002]

#vice #journalism #press #journalistic integrity #jezebel #journalistic ethics #ethics #yellow journalism

[cir-papi-di4bl0]

Speed Dating Storytime...

So, I downloaded this app the other day to find some kink events for a group calendar I help manage. I found this event for Virtual Poly Speed Dating, and didn't really know what to expect, but I was curious. I've never even been to ANY speed dating event, really... virtual or physical. 😳

Anywho, the event came and went. There were like about 30 individual screens, some couples, some solo pplz. It was interesting since I seemed one of maybe a handFull of Enbies present. (If i'm BEing totally G about it, maybe there were 3 of us, judging by intros.) Also, can't help but notice I never crossed paths with the 4 other melanated people in attendance. Mind you, there was like 5 of us, and none of the times we shuffled rooms did I run into them. Sadness since I saw one of them (We'll call her Susie) on the app's RSVP list, and she seemed pretty dope.

To My surprise, Susie actually ended up messaging Me after the event, and expressing similar sadness for not being able to sit in company with Me during any of the shuffles. HA! 😅 We love a little synchronicity with our awkward-ass, preliminary speed dating experiences, right?! Thanks for that sprinkle of hope and irony, Universe. ✨ Well played.

Outside of that, the experience was koo, but the crowd wasn't My flavor. Many seemed to InJoy My dark humor, and Goth Boi presentation, but some (like Azzholes) talked over Me, and even grilled Me on My pronouns, making thing extremely awkward. All pale, all males, all cis. Even with that, ya Dude still handled it graceFully, redirecting the ignorance, and returning to the conversation prompts. While there were some there that were familiar with Gender Non-Conformity, and even some kinky F/folx, I just didn't feel it for Me in that space. Ugh. It would be koo though if some of them hit Me up and we walked away as new friends. Especially that other Rope Top I sat in space with. They were pretty hilarious.

In summary, ugh... I'm still working out how I feel about dating in general, and it's not that I'm not connected, (Queer Platonic local partner and LD Life Partner). Happy with them, I've just been feeling like I need to explore connection a bit differently outside of those relationships. (Did I mention I'm a bit of a comet at times?) And since I've been InJoying a brand new outlook on relationships and what healthy connection actually is for Me, I need to be able to apply this knowledge so.............. dating.

yay. 😶

In other news, Susie and I may be connecting soon to "see where we fit" with each other. Interesting how we both felt something from the other, in such a small window of exposure, right? The transmission of vibes, even virtually/remotely cannot be underestimated, yo. I've been called to do new things and step out of comfort zones and this experience definitely feels like it. Is this what the Ancestors were hinting when that "Song of the Wild" card nudged Me this morning?

In other news, at least I know a couple of swinging, Reiki-practicing, former attorneys in Florida, who live at a nudist resort, and say I'm always welcum. 😅🤣👀 LOL!

Ah... What is life if not hilarious?

#enby #speed dating #journal #polyamory #ethical non monogamy #nonbinary #dating #healthy relationships #poly life #poly love #intersex #bd/sm kink #goth boi