{"id":677,"date":"2011-07-14T21:15:47","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T03:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sebersole.wordpress.com\/?p=677"},"modified":"2011-07-14T21:15:47","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T03:15:47","slug":"thank-you-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/thank-you-goodbye\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You & Goodbye"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Last Sunday Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid News of the World<\/em> was laid to rest after 168 years of operation. A scandal in which private individuals’ cell phones were hacked led to the public outrage that forced the closure. While politicians and celebrities, including Hugh Grant, have long complained of phone hacking by tabloid reporters, it was the hacking of the phones of\u00a0 private citizens that brought strong criticism and investigations by law enforcement. Among those hacked: 13-year-old missing person Milly Dowler, relatives of victims of the London terrorist attacks and the families of fallen military.<\/p>\n

Throughout history journalists have been rewarded for “scooping” the competition. The paper or news organization that got the story first was rewarded with the largest audience and the accolades of their peers. The challenge, of course, is knowing when to stop before aggressive journalism crosses the fine line that separates ethical from unethical practices. While this case appears to have focused attention on an unusually egregious lapse of ethics, the truth is that journalists push the envelope daily and often escape scrutiny. Sometimes the risk pays off in a big way. Other times it leads to someone getting fired–or an entire news operation being shuttered and hundreds of people loosing their jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last Sunday Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid News of the World was laid to rest after 168 years of operation. A scandal in which private individuals’ cell phones were hacked led to the public outrage that forced the closure. While politicians and celebrities, including Hugh Grant, have long complained of phone hacking by tabloid reporters, it was … <\/p>\n

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