Ethics in the TV age Ethics in the TV age by Robert Wynne Journalism professor Murray Fromson and Los Angeles Times television critic Howard Rosenberg have teamed up to teach a course exploring the black, white and gray areas of ethics in TV news. Not many classes at USC start out by showing an HBO dramatization of the McMartin pre-school trial, then segue into a discussion of how the media covered the sensational Menendez murder case. The class is very timely. With several sensational murder cases broadcast live and accompanied by instant commentary and analysis, public interest in TV journalism ethics is at an all-time high.
TV is something they've been watching all of their lives.
These are people of the television age. It's important not to just let them watch like mindless drones. If that happens, the media have too much power. If you're too passive, the medium dictates to you. It fills you up like an empty stocking.