Problem: One important area of political communication ethics revolves around news media coverage and journalism.
Some ethical issues include:
Reporters focusing on topics largely irrelevant to the average citizen
The press being overly negative
Bias
Focusing on strategy, conflict and motives instead of coverage that helps solve problems
Celebrity "journalists"
The proliferation of partisan media
Please find a recent headline (within the last week or two) about politics or elections and provide a comment that briefly critiques the article through the lens of the concerns cited above. Tell us how your article exemplifies those concerns and what the reporter could have done better to make the article more useful to a citizen.