Boston Globe Online / Metro | Region / WPRI reporter's link to club stirs ethical questions

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

---------- "Dan Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net> writes:
, but in many of the stories that I heard yesterday, the
reporters seemed to be in a rush to judgment with fingers pointed in one
direction: at the band.  This was probably just a result of the media's
typical inclination to get the story first, whether it's the right story or
not.  But I do wonder if the unbalanced nature of some of the stories had to
do with who owned the club and/or the club owner's ability to manipulate the
media.
-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine


I would say that just the opposite would be the case,  I know that I for one would want to make very certain that no one could label me as being biased since that would be the natural inclination once it was learned that a reporter was a co-owner of the club.  yesterday the tv's did the right thing and checked with other clubs the band recently played at and discovered claims similar to the one being made by owners in this case, that same question should have been, and apparently was eventually asked of employees....you are right that being first does not mean getting an accurate story on the air.
df