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media ethics

Danielle Anderson’s Dual Role as Flagler GOP Operative and News-Journal Correspondent

October 28, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Danielle Anderson, at a campaign event last year (center), heads the Flagler County Republican Club and is a correspondent for the News-Journal. (© FlaglerLive)

The News-Journal has defended Danielle Anderson’s dual roles as a correspondent and as president of the Flagler County Republican Club by saying she does not cover political stories. But last week she covered Sen. Rick Scott’s visit to Flagler, without a disclaimer.

The Selling of Palm Coast:
Mayor’s State of the City Speech: $40 a Plate, Sponsors Sought, Profits Go To The Observer

March 22, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland at the commemorative re-opening of Holland Park last June. She will be the oanly main speaker at a $40-a-plate State of the City event at the remodeled city community center in April. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland headlines a State of the City event at the city’s new community center in April, but for $40 a ticket. The for profit event is produced by the Observer, which will take all earnings.

Miami Herald’s Ex-Editor Disputes Matt Bai’s Charge that Reporting Gary Hart’s Affair Was Unethical

October 8, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Doug Clifton, the former editor of the Miami Herald who played a part in uncovering Gary Hart’s affair in 1987, defends the Herald’s reporting against Matt Bai’s charge that the reporting was unethical and tabloid-oriented.

Blogger Peter Schorsch Resigns from Florida Press Association After Objections Are Raised

December 13, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Dean Ridings, press association president and CEO, said Peter Schorsch, creator and editor of the influential SaintPetersBlog, which is followed by many journalists, politicians and lobbyists across the state, was advised of the objections and that he “offered” his resignation.

Sheriff Manfre Drafts the Press to Fight The Bogus Epidemic of Fake Pot

September 16, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The bogus drug-bust news conference was a specialty of former Sheriff Don Fleming, as it has been for innumerable police agencies since the dawn of Nixon;s war on drugs since 1971. Last week, Sheriff Jim Manfre unfortunately joined the parade, this time amplifying fears of a fake epidemic of fake pot.

Hillary’s Movie: Spoiler Alert

August 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

The Republican temper tantrum over the nascent NBC Hillary Clinton movie tells us only one thing: The GOP is scared to death of a Hillary presidential run. How else can you explain the weeping and whining over a film that hasn’t even been scripted, and may yet be produced by Fox Television Studios?

Morning Sickness: From Kate Middleton To a Dead Woman on I-95

December 6, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 30 Comments

Between a nameless, homeless woman killed on I-95 Wednesday evening and Kate Middleton’s pregnancy, only one of those two items is news. Our media’s pornographic interest in royal exhibitionism ensures that it’s the wrong one every time.

Drug War Collusion: Top Cops, Lapdog Press, And the Art of Tax-Funded Campaigning

July 15, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

With State Attorney R.J. Larizza, Flagler Sheriff Don Fleming and Putnam Sheriff Jeff Hardy in starring roles (all three are running for re-election next month), Wednesday was the latest shameless example of local and state police using a minor drug sweep for maximum political effect, at taxpayers’ expense.

What Fox and CNN Flubbed in Health Care Verdict Scoop: Getting It Right

July 2, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Fox and CNN reporters who got the health care verdict wrong last week were driven by the intense competition of live TV and online reporting and social media. Those reporters let their competitive instincts overcome the rule we all learned on the college newspaper, writes Bill Cotterell.

It’s Not Just Politicians: Media Companies Lobby Against Transparency in Elections

April 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Many of the country’s biggest media companies, which own dozens of newspapers and TV news operations, are flexing their muscle in Washington in a fight against a government initiative to increase transparency of political spending.

Heist in Print: How Newspapers Sold Their Soul to Business Brigands

October 30, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Ethics in newspaper media, such as the once-inviolable church-state wall between newsrooms and the business department, are for the most part history as newspapers seek profits at the expense of public trust, Donald Kaul argues.

Murdoch’s US Hacking Scandals: 9/11 Victims, Bribes and “Anti-Competitive Behavior”

July 23, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

It’s not just in England: federal investigators are probing claims that Ruper Murdoch’s News Corp hacked into a competitor’s computers, that Murdoch papers attempted to hack into the phones of 9/11 victims and allegedly paid bribes to British police.

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