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Journalism ethics and standards – Principles of ethics and of good practice in journalism; Post-truth politics – Political culture where facts are considered irrelevant; Pseudohistory – Pseudoscholarship that attempts to distort historical record; Selective exposure theory – Theory within the practice of psychology
Image from the FBI monograph of the Nation of Islam (1965): Elijah Muhammad. COINTELPRO tactics have been alleged to include discrediting targets through psychological warfare, smearing individuals and/or groups using forged documents and by planting false reports in the media, harassment, wrongful imprisonment, and illegal violence, including assassination.
A theoretical issue peculiar to media ethics is the identity of observer and observed. The press is one of the primary guardians in a democratic society of many of the freedoms, rights and duties discussed by other fields of applied ethics. In media ethics the ethical obligations of the guardians themselves comes more strongly into the foreground.
In the propaganda model, advertising revenue is essential for funding most media sources and thus linked with media coverage. For example, according to Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), "When Al Gore proposed launching a progressive TV network, a Fox News executive told Advertising Age (October 13, 2003): 'The problem with being ...
Procaccini rejected Neronha's free-speech and separation-of-powers arguments Friday, and instead held firm that Neronha’s "unprofessional," "unethical" and "false" statements clearly violated ...
Chequebook journalism (American English: checkbook journalism) is the controversial practice of news reporters paying sources for their information.In the U.S. it is generally considered unethical, with most mainstream newspapers and news shows having a policy forbidding it.
Examples include superlatives such as "greatest of all time," "best in town," and "out of this world," or a restaurant's claim that it had "the world's best-tasting food." [ 29 ] Puffing is not an illegal form of false advertising, and may be seen as a humorous way to attract consumer attention. [ 29 ]
The SAVE Act makes it illegal to knowingly advertise content related to sex trafficking, including online advertising. The law established federal criminal liability for third-party content. One concern was that this would lead companies to over-censor, or to limit the practice of monitoring content altogether to avoid "knowledge" of illegal ...