Shattered
Glass, written and directed by Billy Ray speaks volume
about ethical norms that journalist need to keep in mind while reporting or
when writing a story. This 2003 American drama film tells the real-life story
of Stephen Glass, a budding reporter for The
New Republic whose career was ruined because his stories were based on
fiction and fabrication and do not have the news values.
Immanuel Kant’s
Deontologism suggests that the position of rightness or wrongness of an act in
some way is characterized by universality or that it conforms to moral law. The
act of Stephen Glass in creating fake and fabricated news is against the moral
norm. Stephen Glass was deceiving his colleagues, he faked every report of
evidence or the facts in his computer hacker story, and ‘He lied to his
editor.’ Therefore, according to Kantian perspective what Stephen Glass did was
wrong.
Shattered
Glass raises questions about the ethical issues in modern
journalism especially with the coming of the new media. It is a cautionary tale to people that fraud
or fabricated reporting is not acceptable. Fabricated news might entertain the
people, my win name, fame and honour but ultimately there will be a downfall of
shame and confusion.
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