Documenting Bias in Tribune-Media Coverage of Chicago Baseball and Chicago Life
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
The bigger they are
Criticizing the Tribune right now is like kicking a puppy that's falling down an elevator shaft. But yes, we have noticed what they're up to. Our friend on the inside is promising big changes. Stay tuned...
"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
Cubune Watchers
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
DEDICATION
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.