12 Jul 2015

Confronting ethical lapses in reporting

From Mediawatch, 9:11 am on 12 July 2015

One reporter's deception sparked an outcry in the industry ten years ago - and a rapid retraction and apology. Top level inquiries were ordered into what went wrong to reassure readers and restore trust in the major print media publishers. Mediawatch asks a former executive who handled the fallout at that time why the response was so different then and now.