Tag Archives: ethics

Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Should ESPN have fired Hank Williams Jr. for comparing Obama to Hitler? Or comparing Boehner to  to Netanyahu?  Jon Stewart says no: “Have you met him?”  BTW, Williams’ comparison of Obama to Hitler is a great example of Godwin’s Law. … Continue reading →

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Global Car Commercials

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

I’ve had several interesting, sometimes controversial, commercials show up through my in-box the last few days.  Some old, some new. Great examples to use in class either for teaching advertising or ethics (or both!). They are also just a lot … Continue reading →

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Sept. 11, 2001 retrospective

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

I’ve been tweeting a lot this last week or two about 9/11 coverage. Here’s a collection of items based on those tweets. Newseum Newspaper Front Page Archive The Newseum posts the front pages of newspapers from around the world on … Continue reading →

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Movie Images of the Twin Towers

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Before 9/11, the silhouette of the twin towers of the World Trade Center were one of the quickest ways movie makers had of establishing that we were looking at the NYC skyline.  Here’s a beautiful collection of WTC skylines edited by … Continue reading →

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Great 9/11 Television Archive

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

The Internet Archive has posted an absolutely mesmerizing archive of television coverage of the 9/11 attacks on the United States.  Starting at 8 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 11 (when the first of the hijacked planes took off from Boston), … Continue reading →

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Ch. 3 Link – Rupert Murdoch, Capt. Renault, and the News of the World

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

I’ve been holding off blogging for some time about the whole fuss over the scandal surrounding the British tabloid News of the World because I haven’t really been sure what to say about it. On the one hand, the largest … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 14 – Jose Vargas, immigration, and journalistic truth telling

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Former Washington Post reporter Jose Vargas is a successful young journalist.  He was part of a reporting team that won a Pulitzer for covering the Virginia Tech massacre, he wrote a well-regarded profile of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for the … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 4 – Nicholas Kristof on the Three Cups of Tea fuss

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has written extensively on issues  surrounding world poverty, and he considers Greg Mortinson, the embattled author of Three Cups of Tea, to be a friend.  That makes his reaction to the recent charges to … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 4 – Three Cups of the Boston Globe in the 90s

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

My commentary students and I spent class yesterday talking about the Greg Mortenson Three Cups of Tea case study, and talk there led to discussion of the Mike Barnicle / Patricia Smith case. Here’s a link to a great in-depth … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 4 – Three Cups of James Frey?

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Another memoirist is in the process of being caught telling stories that may have only a minimal connection with reality. Greg Mortenson, author of the best sellers Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools, has been accused in both … Continue reading →

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