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The Second Annual Ethics Alarms Awards: The BEST of Ethics 2010
Depp, Stewart, Graham, Joyce, Coco----The Best in Ethics 2010. Not nearly long enough...but still a lot of men, women and deeds worth celebrating. Continue reading →
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Unethical Quote of the Week AND Unethical Apology of the Month: Rep. Steve Cohen
Rep. Cohen has made a fool of himself, and with an outrageously uncivil speech, a dishonest characterization of it, and a defiant and equally dishonest "apology," he has lapped the competition in the...
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PolitiFact Bias: the Smoking Gun
Fact-Check.Org is a professional, unbiased, independent and reliable fact-checking operation. It is, truth the tell, the only one. Continue reading →
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Ethics Train Wreck Forensics: The Cairo Embassy Statement
Apology? Cheap shot? What was the Cairo embassy's statement in the wake of the embassy attacks, and was the criticism justified? Continue reading →
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The President Locks Up The “Lie of the Year” Early
You can't top this for a "Lie of the Year." Continue reading →
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Why The Gun Bill Deserved To Lose, and Why We Should All Be Glad It Did
Consequentialism rules supreme in Washington, D.C.; that is the tragedy of our political system. If unethical conduct is perceived as having a positive outcome, few in D.C. will continue to condemn the...
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The Washington Post’s Integrity And Trustworthiness Test Results: Mixed;...
The results of the integrity and trustworthiness test created by the revelation that President Obama and his Administration lied---knowingly, repeatedly, and intentionally---so that the American public...
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Ethics Quiz: PolitiFact’s Ethical, Unethical Lie Of The Year
I recuse myself from this one. Continue reading →
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Three Strikes And You’re Untrustworthy: Why VA Secretary Robert McDonald Must...
Based on the administrations abysmal standards of personal and institutional honesty, I predict that the Secretary will keep his job at least until his next whopper---which, I promise you, is right...
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The Bad News: Supporting Hillary Clinton Is Turning People Into Sociopaths....
When a wrongdoer or a wrongdoer's allies use Rationalization #49, be afraid. Continue reading →
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“Who Are You Calling A Nut?” And Other Ethics Issues In The Community College...
Isn't it nutty to engage in magical thinking? I think so. Continue reading →
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Being Fair To The News Media: Is There An Ethical Explanation For Why...
This is the game. I'm sick of it. Everybody should be sick of it. Continue reading →
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For A Respected Newspaper And Its Journalists, Denial Is Unethical
For the news media to mislead the public about the real weakness of Hillary Clinton and the real threat of Donald Trump is not forgivable. Continue reading →
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More Fact-Check Ethics, And What It Tells Us About PolitiFact And How Fairly...
That's how disposable integrity, fairness and honesty are to a journalistic enterprise with the cajones to represent itself as qualified to check the truthfulness of other people's statements, so you...
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Ethics Alarms Presents “Fake News” Friday! Episode I: Poynter’s Code of...
All ethics codes do is provide guidelines for professionals who want to be ethical. A code's existence doesn't automatically make anyone more ethical, and often it provides cover for unethical...
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Unethical Quote Of The Month: Michelle Obama; Runner-Up: Her Husband
It took such an outrageously unethical statement for Michelle to beat out her husband, who would normally have the winner with this whopper, from his last press-conference... Continue reading →
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From The “Double Standard” Files: Obama’s Voter ID Lie
This kind of deliberate complicity with lies coming from one side of the political divide is just another reason why no one can or should trust the news media until journalists prostrate themselves...
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Morning Ethics Warm-Up: 6/23/17
Commenting comments, PolitiFact provides a smoking gun on its own dishonesty, the Tweet that Wouldn't Die, "the Resistance" continues to extol hate and violence, and 9-0 SCOTUS ruling against an Obama...
View ArticleHow The Fact Checkers Cheat: A Case Study
Oooh! A non-partisan media bias watchdog fact-check a fact-check! Continue reading →
View ArticleWhen Ethics Alarms Not Only Don’t Ring, But Signal That They Might Not Have...
What can you say about a fact-checking organization that, upon seeking a known figure to enhance its credibility and trust decides, "Hey! Alan Grayson! He'd be perfect!" Continue reading →
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