Betraying Truth: Ethics Abuse in Middle East Reporting

Lasson, Kenneth

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Betraying Truth: Ethics Abuse in Middle East Reporting

Kenneth Lasson

University of Baltimore School of Law

2009

Journal for the Study of Antisemitism, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 139-185, 2009
University of Baltimore School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper

Abstract:
This article presents a brief overview of press freedom under the First Amendment, attempts to create a working definition of media “objectivity,” examines various codes of professional ethics for journalists, and analyzes specific cases in which such standards have allegedly been abused or abandoned in Middle East reporting.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 49

Keywords: First Amendment, Freedom of the Press, Media, Objectivity, Professional Ethics, Journalism, Journalists, Middle East

JEL Classification: L82, K19, K39, N75

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Date posted: March 4, 2010

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Lasson, Kenneth, Betraying Truth: Ethics Abuse in Middle East Reporting (2009). Journal for the Study of Antisemitism, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 139-185, 2009; University of Baltimore School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1564792

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