A journalist must conform to a well defined set of ethical codes to make sure they report the story truly and get their information without the use of any illegal or unethical practices. In the movie “State of Play” Cal McCaffrey perpetrates a multitude of unethical and illegal actions to get his story. His practices included such things as, not identifying that he is a reporter to those he was questioning, illegally recording an interview, and withholding evidence in a murder investigation.
In The State of Play, McCaffrey committed multiple unethical journalistic actions, one of which was recording an interview without the subjects direct consent to being taped. Bye not asking the interview subject's specific permission before recording McCaffrey violated the rules of journalistic ethics. McCaffrey invited Dominic Foy, the head of a PR agency that has ties to Pointcorps, to a run down motel for an interview. Unknown to Foy, the entire …show more content…
McCaffreys actions were highly illegal as he was obstructing an ongoing murder investigation. This is seen as illegal because for someone to actively obstruct an investigation they are in essence aiding the criminal. Instead Mccaffrey should have turned the photos over to the police, they still would have been able to run the story with access to them in police custody so as to assist in their investigation.
The movie “State of Play” displayes a plethora of journalistic faults including, misidentification of self, withholding evidence from the police, and illegally taping “private” interviews. As a reporter your job is to get the truth about the story at hand. If one strays into unethical practices it can corrupt the story and poison the news. If one is to properly report they must be unbiased and ethical in their actions or the real story may never be
In The State of Play, McCaffrey committed multiple unethical journalistic actions, one of which was recording an interview without the subjects direct consent to being taped. Bye not asking the interview subject's specific permission before recording McCaffrey violated the rules of journalistic ethics. McCaffrey invited Dominic Foy, the head of a PR agency that has ties to Pointcorps, to a run down motel for an interview. Unknown to Foy, the entire …show more content…
McCaffreys actions were highly illegal as he was obstructing an ongoing murder investigation. This is seen as illegal because for someone to actively obstruct an investigation they are in essence aiding the criminal. Instead Mccaffrey should have turned the photos over to the police, they still would have been able to run the story with access to them in police custody so as to assist in their investigation.
The movie “State of Play” displayes a plethora of journalistic faults including, misidentification of self, withholding evidence from the police, and illegally taping “private” interviews. As a reporter your job is to get the truth about the story at hand. If one strays into unethical practices it can corrupt the story and poison the news. If one is to properly report they must be unbiased and ethical in their actions or the real story may never be