For Nov. 17, 2015

Ethics

Let's start off with a refresher on the SPJ Code of Ethics:

http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp

We're going to discuss the ethics of these three articles:
http://www.imediaethics.org/fake-photo-canadian-man-wrongly-accused-of-being-one-of-the-paris-suicide-bombers-spanish-newspaper-apologizes/

Charlie Hebdo: ISIS had promised to attack Paris because of the Charlie Hebdo publication. Attackers gunned down 12 staff members in January, enraged because of the satirical publication mocked the prophet Mohammad. We'll debate whether US newspapers should have self-censored the images.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/01/07/charlie_hebdo_cartoons_self_censorship_by_several_major_outlets.html

What's wrong with the headline:
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/10/27/poll-watch-ben-carson-edges-ahead-nationally-in-timescbs-news-poll/