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A Mass Media Incident Which Posed An Ethical Dilemma And Discussion Of Current Codes In Media Ethics

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...media operations have formatted over 33 known codes of ethics and values in the media. Many of the codes of ethics deal with public relations and moral dilemmas, conflict of interest issues, timeless values, new technology, sources and reporters, editorial independence and diversity issues among other areas of concern. Nevertheless, cases which test the codes of media ethics continue to be an issue in the public and journalist world.
On May 19th, 1998, press critics charge that a Florida newspaper and radio station acted improperly and unethically when they called a hostage-holding killer for a live radio interview. When the St. Petersburg Times and WFLA-AM called and interviewed a murder suspect who was holding a hostage inside a gas station, press critics claim that they acted inappropriately and broke media ethics by endangering the hostage’s life (Noack, 1998).
Hank Carr a 30 year old ex-convict was arrested on May 19th for the murder of his lover’s...

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