On the Media: Cover Ups

Cover Ups
On the Media (WNYC)

Should reporters lie or misrepresent themselves in order to get an important story? Undercover reporting has long been an effective, exciting and, some would argue, necessary journalistic tool. But at a time when the public's trust in the press is waning, can journalists afford to lie? In a piece that originally aired last fall, Brooke Gladstone talks with undercover reporters and their critics.

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