Ethical issues

It's certainly a question of ethics when it comes to how any publication handles a scandal within their own organization. Earlier this year, Red & Black editor-in-chief, Daniel Burnett, was asked to resign following an alcohol related incident at a UGA football game.

The paper previously headed by Burnett published several follow-up articles detailing the incident, including quotes from Burnett himself and excerpts from an apology letter to President Michael Adams from R&B publisher, Harry Montevideo.

The publication is a student newspaper and it would have been easy to ignore the situation and disregard the ethical principle to report on controversial situations involving the paper. It's definitely a difficult decision for any paper to make - national or local; however, I believe that the decisions of the Red & Black were unbiased and fully forthcoming with relevant, factual information - and that comes from a student who doesn't often agree with the Red & Black's reporting.