Okay this touches very close to home for many reasons.
The first case about "Miracle Match" and whether accuracy plays a key in journalism. At my job, I see various individuals every day struggling with life "speed bumps". Monikers that they carry because not everyone in society is felon forgiving. This was a very touchy story about the gift of life and about a man who is legitimately trying to turn his life around. Yet I would agree with the letters to the editor, that Alton Rowe Jr didn't need his "dirty laundry" aired to the American public. Yes, journalism is supposed to be unbiased but how relevant were his arrests to the article?
Plagiarism: Stolen Words: How One Paper Responded... that was a clear case to me having signed so many ethics code agreements in college. Michael Kinney probably had as well during his studies and would have been keenly aware of what he was doing and the consequences involved. His race should have no merit in this discussion. What he did was wrong and the result was he was fired which was a just reaction.
Privacy: I agree with the article "Brave Girl Now Victim Without A Name", everyone was eager to put the young girl's name out there to save her life but to retract because of the circumstances of her abduction and resulting capture and charges of her abductor. I am a recent victim of rape. I am going through the painful process of the court system. My rape does not make nor does it make her less of a person. We are brave enough to stand up to our attackers and have them held accountable. Do not lessen us making us feel invisible. Hear us scream, see how we are taking to steps to heal, admire our courage, but DON'T ignore us.
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