The Ethical Question: When A News Outlet Reports on Other News Outlets
As the founder of The Cardinal Independent (which does not endorse my personal blog in any capacity), I've found myself into a tough position: Reporting about other news outlets. Following the firing of Ball State University's Director of Health Promotion and Advocacy, Suzanne Swierc , I've created a dedicated email account for Ball State students and staff to report what they perceive is censorship, so The CI could investigate it. What I wasn't anticipating was emails alleging censorship from within Ball State's university-managed student media. It started with one, however, after the firing of Jeffrey Dreyer from The Ball State Daily News , that number has grown to six at the time of publication. The CI mentioned Dreyer's firing, as well as The Daily's reasoning, in that article, titled "Why Are Students, Professors and Community Members Protesting at Ball State?," explaining not just that p...