Quoted: Experts on journalistic ethics, however, say asking for taxpayer funding presents a bit of a quandary for independent media outlets like Bmore. Stephen J. A. Ward, founding director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says Bmoreâ??s public-financing request “is a problem if Bmore is pretending to do journalism. Thatâ??s a problem for a media outlet, if your boss is asking for money from people youâ??re covering. And itâ??s a problem for the writersâ??they have to ask themselves â??How independent can we be?â??”
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