Thursday, July 17, 2014

'Pandering to lurid curiosity': Professional journalism and crime coverage

From the new, proposed ethics code for the Society of Professional Journalists: "Avoid pandering to lurid curiosity or following the lead of those who do."

Without "pandering to lurid curiosity," would there even be a crime section?

Give the code a read. Use the comments to name Texas journalists you think live up to its provisions, or don't.
Posted by Gritsforbreakfast at 5:54 AM
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4 comments:

Brian Urban said...

If the media stopped pandering to lurid curiosity, there would be no CNN, Faux (Fox) News, etc

7/17/2014 07:26:00 AM
Anonymous said...

And local TV news would barely have anything left but sports and weather.

7/17/2014 08:25:00 AM
Anonymous said...

Timely. I browsed to Grits this morning with hopes of reading your take on the Steven Brand vs. Travis County complaint filed in the Western district... call it lurid curiosity on my part!

7/17/2014 10:07:00 AM
Gritsforbreakfast said...

RE: Steven Brand, I've only seen the press coverage but I'm not surprised at the allegations. The Travis DA has a poor record on police accountability dating back to when Rosemary was Ronnie Earle's first assistant. Maybe Brand's case will provide a peek behind the curtain as to why.

7/18/2014 08:29:00 AM

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