ABSTRACT
Whether it is the lurid sensationalism of tabloid newspapers at supermarket checkout stands, over-dramatized coverage by mainstream television news programs and cable, or slanted reportage passing for “news” on the Internet, it is easy to find much to criticize about American journalism. In recent years, there have been a number of sensational criminal cases and celebrity-related events, and the media have covered them extensively, often to excess. It’s far easier to chronicle movie stars and recording artists going in and out of rehab than to analyze
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• To discuss the value of a professional code of ethics • To explain elements of the legal definitions of defamation, libel, and invasion of
the Pew Research Center for People and the Press found that an overwhelming majority of the public (87 percent) believes celebrity scandals receive too much news coverage. The criticism generally holds across most major demographic and political groups, with virtually no one saying there is too little coverage of this sort of “news.”
