Open AccessJournalistic Ethics and Freedom of Expression: Ideals and Realities
Author(s) -
Christoph Marcinkowski
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
islam and civilisational renewal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2041-8728
pISSN - 2041-871X
DOI - 10.52282/icr.v3i2.563
Subject(s) - newspaper , political science , journalism , freedom of the press , freedom of expression , law , freedom of information , media studies , sociology , human rights , politics
The still ongoing scandal surrounding the News International phone-hacking scandal in the United Kingdom, a controversy involving the News of the World, a now-defunct British tabloid newspaper, has resulted in several high-profile resignations, arrests, and legal instigations. The scandal eventually also garnered attention in the United States, when in July 2011, the Federal Bureau of Investigation launched its own investigations into the access of voicemails of victims of the 9/11 attacks. The affair has once more brought to the forefront the issue of ethics in today’s world of journalism.