By Jason Straziuso
The Associated Press
Published on 3/4/2004
Excerpt:
Bob Steele, a media ethics specialist at the Poynter Institute, said news stations need to carefully evaluate the dangers of doing stories where deception is used.
“To undertake a story of this nature, you have to ask some very significant questions about potential consequences,” Steele said. “What could happen when these alleged perpetrators show up at this house? Could there be violence? … The fact that it’s near a school in this particular case does heighten the problem nature of it.”
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