Ethics in the News

COMM 180-Ethics in the News

Name: ___________________________ Date: ____________________

Directions: Choose a recent (within the past 6 months) article in the news that deals with an ethical issue (remember, ethics deals with right and wrong in human affairs). Your article should come from a news outlet, not a blog or tabloid. Read your article completely, then answer the questions thoroughly on this worksheet.

Put the link to your article here:

1. What are the ethical questions raised by this article?

2. My first reaction to the ethical issues raised by this article:

3. Someone taking the opposite point of view might say:

4. What I think after considering these issues further and why I think the way I do:

5. One connection I can make between this article and something else I know about (whether from personal experience, television, another class I’m taking, a book I’ve read, etc.):

Adapted from NY Times Learning Network_FA19