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Edward Wasserman

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Conflict of interest and the lamentable affair of David Brooks

Conflict of interest among journalists is an exasperating subject, especially now when shrunken budgets and the transformation of jobs…

Mar 29, 2021

Mar 29, 2021

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Media need a recovery plan to help foster the nation’s convalescence

Published in the San Francisco Chronicle, February 25, 2021

Feb 27, 2021

Feb 27, 2021

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How the New York Times deceived Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg

What standards of fairness and honesty should media organizations follow in dealing with their own sources?

Feb 27, 2021

Feb 27, 2021

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News media’s growing Facebook co-dependency challenges journalism’s limits on acquiring…

Editor’s Note: In light of today’s conflict between the news media and Facebook, Google et al. over their plunder of original content…

Feb 25, 2021

Feb 25, 2021

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A rebirth of media heroism

A celebration of the great journalism at the end of the Trump administration—almost enough to restore your faith in an independent press.

Feb 20, 2021

Feb 20, 2021

News media must guide reporters on using social media without bloodying their careers — or…

This column first appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on July 13, 2021.

Jul 13, 2021

News media must guide reporters on using social media without bloodying their careers — or…

Jul 13, 2021

The media’s peace deal with Biden leaves whistleblowers out to dry

This column was published in the San Francisco Chronicle, June 17, 2021.

Jun 17, 2021

The media’s peace deal with Biden leaves whistleblowers out to dry

Jun 17, 2021

Does it matter that Jeff Bezos won’t move to D.C.?

When one of the richest people in the world bought one of the world’s most powerful news organizations, it was worth asking why.

Feb 25, 2021

Feb 25, 2021

Will the Sixties survive all the media commemoratives that are coming?

It was worth considering how journalism differs from history and how poorly news judgment guides the historical perspective.

Feb 25, 2021

Feb 25, 2021

Julian Assange and the woeful state of whistle-blowers

As the media’s indispensable helpmates, don’t they deserve constitutional protection too?

Feb 23, 2021

Feb 23, 2021

Edward Wasserman

Edward Wasserman

Media ethicist, journalist, professor and former dean of the Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley. His website, Above the Fold, is at ewasserman.com.

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