One of journalists' corrupt goals is to manipulate or selectively edit statements to hide facts <ref>[http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_102108/content/01125112.guest.html Two Weeks Out, Campaign Goes to Last Place Obama Wants it to Be] Rush Limbaugh, October 21, 2008</ref> or to perpetrate falsehoods <ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/09/22/bozell-palin-book-burning-myth Bozell on the Palin Book-Burning Myth] NewsBusters.org, September 22, 2008</ref> or hide unflattering stories of like-minded individuals.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/geoffrey-dickens/2008/10/22/today-pumps-bachmann-million-dollar-mistake-still-ignores-mahoney- 'Today' Pumps Bachmann 'Million Dollar Mistake,' Still Ignores Mahoney Scandal] Newsbusters.org, October 22, 2008</ref><ref>[http://gawker.com/5028026/how-did-edwards-affair-stay-hidden How Did Edwards Affair Stay Hidden?] Gawker.com, July 22, 2008</ref>
Another is to repeat falsehoods so that an issue dear to their agenda is kept alive in the public's mind.<ref>[httphttps://townhall.com/columnists/MichaelMedved/2007/01/18/journalistic_malpractice_in_marriage_is_dead_report Journalistic Malpractice in "Marriage is Dead" Report], Michael Medved, ''Townhall.com'', January 18, 2007</ref> Another unethical tactic is to report "off the record" statements in a deception of the journalist's sources and [[interviewee]]s. Most famously, [[Connie Chung]] interviewed [[Newt Gingrich]]'s parents and solicited Gingrich's mother to repeat an insult he said in private about [[Hillary Clinton]]. Chung plied the information from Mrs. Gingrich with the lie: "Why don't you just whisper it to me? Just between you and me", falsely implying that she had no intent to repeat or [[broadcast]] the comment.<ref>[http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2002/cyb20020123_extra.asp#2 Connie Chung interview with the Gingriches] Warning: insulting word appears at end of interview transcript.</ref>
Roy Peter Clark, a journalism scholar at the Poynter Institute says that journalistic malpractice is not a new phenomenon and pre-dates the internet by decades. "Classic forms of journalistic malpractice, going back decades, are making stuff up, ripping other writers off, and the third is peddling special interests without letting the reader know.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10457705-261.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1 Frauds: An ugly, old journalism tradition, CNET, February 22, 2010]</ref>
''Time'' magazine's Mark Halperin called the media's performance during the Presidential campaign simply "disgusting." He told a media panel, "It was extreme bias, extreme pro-Obama coverage." <ref>[https://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/media_bias_halperin/2008/11/23/154417.html 'Disgusting' Bias for Obama, Time Writer Admits] NewsMax, November 23, 2008</ref>
E! News anchor Giuliana Rancic, "I know i'm a journalist, and i should be objective ... but she is an ignorant disgrace and she makes me sick to my stomach." Speaking of the answer given by Miss California's Carrie Prejean defending traditional marriage.<ref>[httphttps://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517411,00.html Alicia Silverstone Joins Hollywood Celebrities to Spoof Traditional Views on Marriage] Fox News, April 22, 2009</ref>
==Culture war==
[[Associated Press]] reported on Thanksgiving 2006 about the six Sunni civilians burned alive as they left Friday worship services. The shocking dispatch received massive, global coverage.<ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2006/11/28/fake-news-vs-real-news-from-iraq/ Fake news vs. real news from Iraq] Michelle Malkin, November 28, 2006</ref> Subsequently, the story never was verified as true.<ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2006/11/27/the-media-fog-of-war/ The media fog of war] Michelle Malkin, November 27, 2006</ref>
In April 2003, [[New York Times]] journalist Jayson Blair wrote "In Military Wards, Questions and Fears From the Wounded." Blair described face to face conversations with four injured soldiers in a [[Navy]] hospital. The only problem is that he was never there and only talked to one soldier over the phone. Then he proceeded to fabricate quotes.<ref>[httphttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/media_ethics/casestudy_blair.php Credibility In Question] PBS, May 1, 2003</ref>
===Hypocrisy===
==Tea Party==
The [[Tea Party Movement]] represents a growing concern among the American people, great concerns for their country and for their families. Journalists from ''[[CNN]]'' and ''[[MSNBC]]'' mock the protests with sexual jokes, while at the same time neglecting to report on the movement with an unbiased point of view.<ref>[httphttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/16/cable-anchors-guests-use-tea-parties-platform-frat-house-humor/ Cable Anchors, Guests Use Tea Parties as Platform for Frat House Humor] Fox News, April 16, 2009</ref>
==See also==