Smith Chapter 5

Question 1

what is the point of the story about spokane editor steve smith
-Jim West trolling young men on ?
defense of the paper:
posted ?
transparent newsroom allowed readers to ?
contrast on how

Answer 1

internet website put in spokane review

• full disclosure
• full transcripts so public could decide if they had been fair
• understand and even participate
• journalism traditionally practiced

Question 2

what is an ombudsman
who
dealing with ? also write columns explaining?
unwanted barrier between ? dont want to pay ? too ?

Answer 2

reader rep. or public editor

• readers concerns/how decisions were made
• criticism/in house critic/ thin skinned

Question 3

what problems associated with code of ethics
address only
do little to decide rules that will lead to ?
dont help journalists deal with ?

Answer 3

easiest ethical prob.

• better journalism
• real reporting problems

Question 4

how do blogs police media

Answer 4

challenge validity of reports

find bias in MSM

Question 5

what is a news council
voluntary
allow for people who feel they have been wronged by media to
all parties must agree to not
must make effort to ?
at hearing each side ? do not have to follow ?
mix of members from
not?
hear cases involving fairness not normally heard because of ?

Answer 5

regulation 
file complaints at no charge 
file suits 
-work things out before
-presents/traditional court system 
-public and media 
-outside of privacy and libel laws

Question 6

they believe instead of self examination transparency is turning into self flagellation

Answer 6

pressure for explaining spiraling out of control

punishing selves