Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-184) and index.

Do journalists go too far to get information for their stories? An overview of journalistic ethics / Marianne Jennings ; Journalists' use of deception to get information is ethically questionable / Howard Kurtz ; Journalists should not pay police and other groups to help create dramatic stories / Deborah Potter ; Journalists should testify against sources who leak classified information to them / Seth Leibsohn and Andrew C. McCarthy ; Journalists should not report unsubstantiated allegations based on anonymous online comments / Eric Alterman ; Undercover reporting is a legitimate way to do investigative journalism / Ken Silverstein ; Journalists are right to report classified information that is leaked to them / Christine Tatum ; Anonymous sources are sometimes necessary in journalism / Stephen Engelberg, interviewed by Russ Baker -- What information should journalists include in their reporting? Overview : the debate over when to minimize harm and when to tell the whole truth / Fred Brown ; The media should not widely publicize school shootings and suicides / Loren Coleman ; The media should run fewer stories about urban crime / Christopher Shea ; The media should not publish details of sex crimes against minors / Kira Cochrane ; The media should publish the names of alleged rape victims / Harry Reynolds ; The media should not publish the names of rape victims / Amanda Paulson ; The media should publish the names of both accuser and accused in rape cases / Geneva Overholser ; The media should not publish the names of people accused of sex crimes / Cathy Young -- How do ethical concerns affect the media's coverage of war and terrorism? The media's use of neutral labels for attackers is ethical / Christine Chinlund ; Media decisions to publish graphic war photographs are ethically based / Kenny Irby ; Media decisions to publish stories that could harm national security are ethically based / Dean Baquet and Bill Keller ; The media should call people who attack civilians "terrorists" / Andrea Levin ; The media should report more often on the heroism of American soldiers / Jeff Emanuel ; The media should publish graphic photographs of the war in Iraq / Gary Kamiya -- When should journalists abandon neutrality? The media should emphasize fact over opinion / Joe Saltzman ; Opinionated journalism is good for democracy / Victor Navasky ; Journalistic independence is more important than neutrality / Robert Jensen ; Journalists can be emotionally involved in their stories / Samuel G. Freedman ; It is sometimes acceptable for journalists to help the subjects of their stories / Rachel Smolkin ; The media should not remain neutral when reporting on climate change / Mark Lynas ; The media should not be neutral in the debate between evolution and intelligent design / Chris Mooney and Matthew C. Nisbet.