Race,Gender and Media

A Confession of Sorts
It is a pity to see that Journalists can make such a serious mistake especially in the case of Ms. Walker’s death. Journalists are supposed to be working within the ethics of journalism, where are the ethics of Journalism. There are no ethics of Journalism in this case.

Yes! Everyone makes a mistake but this kind of mistake is so grave that no one can comprehend how a professional journalist can make such a grave mistake.The problem with many journalists is that they like making their own assumptions and write a story based on personal emotions, especially when the story is about the “hard news.” This is where they make most of their money.

It’s time to make innovations in the journalism professionalism, an innovation that will embrace all the elements of journalism ethics. Journalist should stop writing stories based on personal assumption and emotion. These devices can serious injure a journalist’s career.

The class should learn a lesson from this story. There is an old say in English “Prevention is better than cure.” In other words, journalists shouldn’t report a story to the public without getting all the facts first. They should engage into inductive reasoning as opposed to deductive reasoning. Get all the facts before publishing the story whether it’s hard news or soft news.
I repeat, prevention is better than cure.

Nathaniel