General Introduction Chapter 1. What Makes a Story Newsworthy? A Prolegomenon for a Theory of News,Joshua Halberstam The Significant Facts,Berny Morson Chapter 2. Morality, Competence, and Journalistic Excellence The Virtuous Journalist: Morality in Journalism,Stephen Klaidman and Tom L. Beauchamp Some Conflicting Assumptions of Journalistic Ethics,Stephen H. Daniel Chapter 3. Publication and Free Speech Liberty of Thought and Discussion,John Stuart Mill Censorship : Some Distinctions,Judith Andre Chapter 4. Privacy, News Sources, and the Refusal to Testify Privacy, Morality, and the Law,W. A. Parent The Reporter's Refusal to Testify,Philip Meyer Chapter 5. Political Power and the Media The Role of the Media in Shaping Public Policy: The Myth of Power and the Power of Myth,Charles Green Network News Coverage of the Presidency: Implications for Democracy,Fred Smoller Chapter 6. Objectivity and News Reporting Stereotypes, Public Opinion, and the Press,Walter Lippmann Objectivity and News Bias,Theodore L. Glasser Chapter 7. Multiperspectivism and the Problem of News Distortion Multiperspectival News,Herbert J. Gans Some Reservations about Multiperspectival News,Jay Newman Chapter 8. Logical Foundations of News Reporting Understanding Errors and Biases That Can Affect Journalists,S. Holly Stocking and Paget H. Gross Devices of News Slanting in the Print Media,Howard Kahane Organizational Biases of Network News Reporting,Edward Jay Epstein Chapter 9. Philosophy and Journalistic Education Applying Philosophy to Journalism,Anthony Serafini What Can Philosophy Do for a Journalã"