Sports Illustrated – Ethics Alarms

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Milt Pappas in the Baseball Ethics Wilderness

June 5, 2010, 3:41 pm

Former pitcher Milt Pappas's unusual point of view on perfect games and umpiring shows us how wrong it would be to reverse Jim Joyce's call now. Continue reading →

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Ethics Dunce: Geraldo Rivera

June 24, 2010, 10:22 am

Geraldo, not for the first time, has things exactly backwards. It wasn't "terrible" for Rolling Stone to report the general's words. It would have been terrible for it not to. Continue reading →

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Ethics Quote of the Week: Former NFL agent Josh Luchs

October 14, 2010, 8:31 am

Sports agent Josh Luch's account makes it clear that his style of ethics decision-making was nothing but rationalizations. In the course of his interview, he appeals to lots of them. Continue reading →

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Stupid Unethical Reporter Tricks

December 13, 2010, 5:46 am

I do wonder if this unethical journalistic practice happens in other spheres of journalism, and if, as in the case of Sports Illustrated, other media outlets permit the practice to keep sources happy....

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Fired for Applauding: The Warped Ethics of Sports Reporters

March 7, 2011, 8:25 am

A profession or an organization that punishes someone for revealing the truth isn't showing its integrity. It is showing its insecurity. Continue reading →

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No Excuses and No Mercy For Lance Armstrong

May 26, 2011, 10:39 pm

It is time to take down Lance Armstrong, without mercy, and treat him like any other cheat and fraud, indeed like what he is, one of the most outrageous cheats and frauds in out lifetime. If we don’t,...

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Independence Day Ethics Dunce: Sports Illustrated Illustrates How Too Many...

July 3, 2015, 6:05 am

Sports Illustrated tweeted out the above image and message that linked to a story by “Extra Mustard.” That masterpiece noted that Senator John McCain attended Tuesday night’s Dodgers–Diamondbacks game...

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