If You Disagree With Your Employer, Should You Quit So Publicly?

An American news anchor at RT (formerly known as Russia Today), announced that she was quitting her position as a protest against the Russian government, which subsidizes the network.

First of all, should she have quit? Was that the best decision if she did not agree with the agenda of her company?

Second, did she have to make her resignation during an actual broadcast? Was that grandstanding a little bit or was she just using her position to denounce the network and Russian government?

FYI: here is RT's response.

Is There Such A Thing As Proper Behavior For Journalists?

Friday, apparently, was national opposite day. So the morning crew at Colorado Springs' local Fox affiliate had their anchors imitating each other.

This is a compilation of the show, put together by the station.

Is this proper behavior for journalists? Is there such a thing as proper behavior for journalists?

If There Is Crazy Video, Does That Mean It's News?

There was a brawl in Old City last weekend when the bars closed. The video above was captured by a random person.

Is this news?

Several news outlets did stories about the brawl, including 6ABC, CBS3, the Daily News and Fox29.

What qualifies this as news? Is it a matter of having the dramatic video? Is it because people will see the raw video and talk about it? Is this an unusual event, and therefore newsworthy?

Or is this a non-story?

Is a Hurricane in The Gulf Region News in Philadelphia? Or Around The World?

News outlets around the world have been reporting on the potential impact of Hurricane Isaac in the Gulf region.

Some of the interest is because there was potential for the hurricane to disrupt the Republican Convention in Tampa (which it didn't). Now, the focus seems to be on whether the hurricane will damage the region devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Should the reporters be speculating on the potential damage? Does that protect people who could potentially be injured in some way? Or does this simply spread fear?

Check out the image on the right. An LA weather reporter superimposed Hurricane Isaac over California in order to show the magnitude of the hurricane.

Is that a responsible thing to do or does that give people the impression that California will be struck by the hurricane?

Finally, should the hurricane in the Gulf region be news in Philadelphia? Or California? Or anywhere away from the Gulf region?

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Philly.com, the website connected to the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News, is experimenting with sponsored tweets. A company can pay to say that a headline posted by philly.com was "brought to you by ..."

Is there anything wrong with that? Does this deceive the reader? Or is this the same as an advertisement running between segments of a newscast?