Chicago Cubune Watch: How Did They Choose Those Letters?

Saturday, February 16, 2008

How Did They Choose Those Letters?

Two fan letters are published on ChicagoSports.com. One, from a fan who extols the faith of Cubbies fans who have waited 100 years for a World Series win. The other, from a fan who feels he should be given the Cubbies as his birthday present.

The White Sox fans' letters? The first is from someone who's giving up being a fan because of high player salaries. The other letter is from a fan who can't believe we "gave away" Jon Garland and that Ken Williams "gave" the Angels Torii Hunter, and is published about, oh, two or three months too late.

-- Brett Ballantini

Labels: chicagosports.com, jon garland, ken williams, letters to the editor

ETHICS

"Journalists must avoid any conflict of interest or the appearance of conflict." -- from the American Society of Newspaper Editors Code of Ethics

"Journalists should avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived, remain free of associations and activities that may compromise integrity or damage credibility, disclose unavoidable conflicts... deny favored treatment to advertisers and special interests and resist their pressure to influence news coverage." -- from the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics

"A Newspaper should have no friends." -- Joseph Pulitzer

"Tribune has great resources, but those resources aren’t doing much public good.... That’s why we’d like to see the company sell itself out of the newspaper business." -- The Columbia Journalism Review

Name:Brett Ballantini

Name:Jeff McMahon

Name:Brian Dykes

Name:Keith Makenas

Name:Patrick Sheehan

Name:Lone Ranger

Name:Barbara Gordon

Name:Dan Grillo

Name:William Melvin

Name:Indefatigable Schoolmarm

This site is dedicated to the memory of former Tribune Public Editor N. Don Wycliff. Wherever you are, Don, we know you're still looking the other way.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

How Did They Choose Those Letters?

ETHICS

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