Show Summary: the ethics of undercover reporting
Keeping them Honest?
This election cycle has seen the proliferation of new organizations devoted to fact-checking, as well as new fact-checking desks at established media outlets. But has this increased scrutiny done anything to quell the untruths? The Politico's Daniel Libit says all these truth-squaders might drown ...
La Otra Eleccion
When immigration issues brought millions of Latino protesters across the country into the streets in 2006, their signs read ‘Today We March – Tomorrow We Vote.’ That tomorrow is now and both presidential candidates are courting Latinos with Spanish-language outreach. Federico ...
Cover Ups
Should reporters lie or misrepresent themselves in order to get an important story? Undercover reporting has long been an effective, exciting and, some would argue, necessary journalistic tool. But at a time when the public's trust in the press is waning, can journalists afford to lie? ...
Prison Sentence
Journalist Ted Conover went undercover for nearly one year working as a prison guard at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in upstate New York. His work was praised and criticized. Conover says his time undercover was incredibly stressful, painfully isolating and ethically fraught but nonetheless it was necessary to ...
Swearing the Truth
Fact-checkers have been diligently pointing out all the untruths from the campaigns this election cycle, but what can be done to prevent the candidates from lying in the first place? Bob proposes a measure to do just that. He calls it "The Oath."
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From the Archive: PSYCHIC TIPS, MEDIA FRENZIES AND TEXAS
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The Edward Snowden Narrative, Privacy vs. Convenience, and More
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The Fox News Mole
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Happy Birthday
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'Is Anybody Down' is Gone - For Now
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Is Snowden a Hero, Traitor, or Something Else
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Thanks For Everything, Bing
- Where do you stand on government surveillance?
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Our Privacy Delusions
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My Voice is My Passport
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