Response to Amela

I liked that you brough up ethics and bias in journalism. I agree that it would be hard for journalists to put their opinions and strong beliefs aside to create an objective story. However, I do feel that some broadcasts are better than others at hiding their opinions than others. Jesse pointed out that sometimes he is tries to hide his opinoin so much that it seems that he is bias toward his own opinion. I think that it is good that he has someone check his work to be as objective as possible and I would like to think that all journalists take that extra step.

Ethics is a tough one. There are probably a lot of stories that the public may think are ethically wrong to report. However, is it the journalists and reporters job to report the news. It also makes sense to attribute a lot of their work. As long at they are reporting what the police or detectives have told them, then the public has a right to know. The blame is almost put more on the reporters rather then the police who are making the judements of the case.