There are many ethical problems faced by journalists around the world today. For example, many people who have anything negative written about them will instantly look to the writer and sue for libel. Libel is when someone maliciously writes negative comments about someone in a public domain for the world to see. But journalists do have protection from court systems. In a case of libel suit, the accuser must prove to the court system that the journalist in question wrote the comments in some form of hate, trying to maliciously hurt the other person.
Another ethical problem that comes up is blogging. Many of these people who are writing blogs don’t have proper journalism training so don’t know the proper ethics associated with the business. Then they write there blogs and post them online, where everyone can see, and might not be following the rules. The main question of ethics here is who does the blame if something like libel happens? Can the blogger claim that they were ignorant to the situation and get off the hook? Does the blame fall on the owner of the blog website, or can nobody really take the blame because there aren’t really any internet regulations? In my opinion it should fall on the site, unless the site puts up a set of rules and regulations the blogger must agree to before blogging. When they sign that they have read it, it should fall on the blogger and not the website.
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