1 / 17

Chapter 2: Truthtelling

Chapter 2: Truthtelling. Case 6: Al Jazeera Case 7: Reporting on Enron Case 8: The Unabomber’s Manifesto Case 9: Fabrication at The Globe Case 10: An Enemy of the People. Chapter Overview Questions. What is truth?

zuri
Download Presentation

Chapter 2: Truthtelling

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Chapter 2: Truthtelling Case 6: Al Jazeera Case 7: Reporting on Enron Case 8: The Unabomber’s Manifesto Case 9: Fabrication at The Globe Case 10: An Enemy of the People

  2. Chapter Overview Questions • What is truth? • Does someone engaging in violent attacks against a perceived “evil” technology deserve a hearing? • Can deception in journalism ever really be justified? • What is the press’ role as a social institution? • Explain what is meant by the saying “Journalism is ‘history in a hurry’”

  3. Case 6: “Al Jazeera” • Facts – Empirical Definition • Values • Principles • Loyalties

  4. Cheney and Bush voiced opinions against Al Jazeera’s media coverage. Other images include interview footage with Bin Laden and the setting inside the studio. • How far can “freedom of speech” be taken for journalists? • Is Al Jazeera a neutral news source, or does it slant its broadcast against the West? • Should sensitivity be taken into account in journalism (ie uncut war footage, gore, etc)?

  5. Case 6: Additional links The Only Show in Town – Article containing interview with Al Jazeera director Mohamed Jasem al Ali. Al Jazeera's Edge – New York Metro Article discussing media power of Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera Online – Al Jazeera’s English site with up to date Iraq coverage and database.

  6. Case 7: “Reporting on Enron” • Facts – Empirical Definition • Values • Principles • Loyalties

  7. To the left are the banners of a few of the many magazines and companies fooled by Enron executives. • Why did so many “security” companies look the other way when reviewing Enron (ie auditors, securities analysts)? • How could so many people be fooled into seeing Enron as a booming enterprise? • Was justice done with Enron when the truth came out even though thousands lost their jobs?

  8. Case 7: Additional links Enron: Uncovering the Uncovered Story – Scott Sherman’s article on the Enron Scandal. Enron Analysts: We Was Duped – Forbe’s article discussing Enron with some of the companies that analyzed them pre-downfall. Bad Apple or Rotten Culture? – Paper presented at AEJMC Conference discussing Corporate Scandals of 2001 and 2002.

  9. Case 8: “The Unabomber’s Manifesto” • Facts – Empirical Definition • Values • Principles • Loyalties

  10. To the left are pictures of the Unabomber himself after his capture and arrest. • Was the publishing of the Manifesto a dangerous erosion between the media and government? • Should publications ever concede to the demands of a terrorist despite capture? • Why would such a brilliant scholar turn so suddenly and so violently?

  11. Case 8: Additional links The Unabomber's Manifesto – Original Manifesto content presented in sections. In Depth Overview of the Unabomber Case – Biography, events leading up to Manifesto and court case information via Court TV. Interview with Ted Kaczynski – Text version of an interview with the Unabomber (1999).

  12. Case 9: “Fabrication at The Globe” • Facts – Empirical Definition • Values • Principles • Loyalties

  13. To the left are pictures and articles regarding former Globe employees Barnicle and Smith. • Should writers who “borrow” others ideas or make fabrications be permitted to keep their jobs? • How should writers who break the “Rules of the Road” be treated? • If you were an editor that has discovered one of your long time writers has been errant, would you choose the writer over the ethics of the paper?

  14. Case 9: Additional links Patricia Smith Resigns – CNN article on the resignation and “crimes” of Patricia Smith. Why He Should have been Fired - And Why He Wasn't – Article from The Boston Phoenix regarding “crimes” of Mike Barnicle and why he originally elluded being fired. Globe seeks Barnicle’s Resignation – CNN article sheds light on Barnicle’s refusal to resign and The Globes further action

  15. Case 10: “An Enemy of the People” • Facts – Empirical Definition • Values • Principles • Loyalties

  16. A painting of Henrik Ibsen to the left along with pictures of modernized versions of his play. • Is truth really useless without power? • What happens to people when that truth is painful? • Is “An Enemy…” an accurate depiction of society when faced with a “hard” truth?

  17. Case 10: Additional links Text File Version of "An Enemy..." – viewable version of Ibsen’s play. Social Significance of "An Enemy..." – Emma Goldman’s 1914 article discussing social significance of Ibsen’s play.

More Related