Yesterday Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin complained to radio host Hugh Hewitt that she was being subjected to ‘gotcha’ journalism and told him, "I have a degree in journalism also, so it surprises me that so much has changed since I received my education in journalistic ethics all those years ago." (Transcription via ABC News.)
Today, Portfolio‘s Mixed Media blogger Jeff Bercovici calls a professor in the journalism department at Governor Palin’s alma mater, the University of Idaho, who tells him that, in fact, "I didn’t see any violation of ethical practice."
Abubakar Alhassan, who teaches Mass Media Ethics at U. Idaho’s School of Journalism and Mass Media told Mr. Bercovici:
‘I think the media that’s had the opportunity to interview her was just giving her that opportunity to explain to people the controversies out there she hasn’t hasn’t spoken about… I don’t think they asked any "gotcha" questions. I don’t think a question about which it turns out she doesn’t know much is a "gotcha" question.’
