Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Is hunting good or bad?

           With many topics this is one of those ones you can argue both sides, I mainly think hunting to be good but I am a hunter so I am a little biased.  I can see the bad in it also such as we are killing things when it is not our right to. Since I'm on the fence about this I'll start with the good. We reduce the deer population which is over populating, we can earn more money if we choose to sell the deer to restaurants, and everybody likes venison. On the bad side of things we are killing when "Thou shalt not kill" to quote the 10 commandments, plus its very much so possible to get a disease from eating any hunted animal.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Ethical dilemmas for editing a bad grammar and poor word choice quote

            Some of the ethical dilemmas for editing a quote that has poor word choice and bad grammar are you can't change the words to make them sound a bit more educated.  Though you may want to change some of the words to make a person sound better you can't because then it wouldn't be a quote. Another dilemma is that they could have just been nervous and not acting themselves when you interviewed so to maybe undo it is see if you can real quick reinterview them or just not use that quote as a quote just add some of their facts into the article an example of this could be: Several neighbors reported that..., you get the point. That is what I believe are some of the ethical dilemmas with this as well as some ways to fix them

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Is it news worthy that hopefully one day we'll be able 2 go somewhere but that day never ended

           Yes, I believe that it is news worthy that one day we can go somewhere or do something but that time would exist outside of the space time continuum. I believe this because one day we might be able to do it so the more we know about it now the less we have to learn later. Plus this could lead to several other so called "impossible" feat such as time travel or living on mars. This could also help us go and make our lives better like people who skipped college could go back and do it with out it affecting their normal lives. All this leads me to believe that this topic is news worthy

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Is it ethical to download pictures from Facebook without the owners permission? mp2 journal1

           No, I do not believe that it is ethical for someone to download pictures from Facebook without the owners permission. I believe this because it is the users pictures thus making it their right to decide if writers can use them.  If we do not ask it could be considered stealing and you could get in a lot of trouble for it, you might lose your job or even get sued.  At the same time they might not even care but you should always check with the owner, for them that picture could be somewhat special or private and they don't want the entire state to see it. Plus if the picture was downloaded  the person who they downloaded it from would not know you downloaded until after the story was published. All this leads me to believe that it should not be considered ethical to download pictures for an article from a facebook owner account without the owners permission

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

If we were in 2005 should your media outlet go along with the states request not to release the information?

           No, I do not believe that the media should keep the prison stand off a secret. I believe this because the gaurds' have families that were worried about them and they want the truth not some half true story.  Plus if the prisoners could do that whats to keep them from escaping the prison, the people should be warned to take some caution such as not going out after dark by oneself or not letting a child play in the yard without someone watching them.  All of this makes me believe that the media should have released the information in 2205 about the prison standoff. 

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Communication ethics vs. personal ethics

           Communication ethics are supposed to be neutral and their ethics should try to please everyone.  Personal ethics apply to that one person and that one person only, it can change for one person it might be wrong to lie whilst another person may lie all the time.  Though Communication Ethics should remain neutral, they may allow their personal ethics to get in the way of writing an honest story.  At the same time though they also need to consider the fact that both personal and communication ethics can be the same for a person but the journalist must tough it out and do their best to remain neutral until they have completed their article.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

American Food-What is really healthy?

            Yes, I do believe that we should tell people about what they are actually eating when they eat "healthy" food.  If we do so then we might be able to help child obesity become better, we might also get people to exercise more working off any of the fattening food they may eat.  I also believe we should have a setion in every paper that tells about the healthy restraunts and meals to make.  If we do so then maybe people would stop going to places that feed you fake healthy food.  If we can make healthier, smaller meals that would also be a way to help obesity as well as encourage other people to eat healthier.  Other things we can do to make the world more aware of what they eat is have meeting between people that shows the healthy choice as well as the unhealthy choice and then show the results of what can happen with each choice, like regular peanut butter compared to just peanuts and oil. That is what I belive we should do about becomig healthier