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Mike's avatar

A good shop has editors who are doing their best to make sure the business and editorial firewalls stay strong and that standard passes down to their reporters... but most bloggers and “reporters” don’t have any journalism training to begin with and their outlets recognize they’re not in the journalism game... but I think the real issue is the audience doesn’t give a fuck about media being in bed with the promoters...so if the audience isn’t going to hold you to account, what’s the point from the businesses’ perspective?

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Mason Pelt's avatar

I blurbbed your article.

https://www.masonpelt.com/being-broke-is-changing-ethics-in-journalism/

"When fewer media outlets, with broader coverage areas and a diverse pool of direct advertisers created certainty of profits clear-cut ethical lines were easier to draw. Media is now a meat grinder. Even if coverage ethics are unchanged, the steps to maintain the unambiguous appearance of propriety are not in budget for most in the space."

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