Advancing The Story: Is state-funded news ethical?
April 8th, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Press freedom and ethics
KOTV and KWTV, two Ohio-based broadcasters, are to run stories about a state-sponsored insurance program – and getting funded by the state themselves for doing so, according to Advancing The Story.
ATS suggests the way in which the programmes are being broadcast hasn’t been transparent enough about the state aid.
But is there a way for news organisations to run paid-for stories in an ethically responsible way?
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