Questioning The Ethics Of Nancy Grace — And Her Bosses At CNN

I almost missed Tim Rutten’s weekend column entitled “Grace under fire:” “What’s alarming isn’t so much what happens on her nightly broadcast but what’s absent — things like balance, sobriety, fairness and independent judgment, qualities that used to rate at least a passing nod from the employees of mainstream news organizations.”

Rutten’s column focuses on Grace’s three documented instances of “unethical behavior while she was a Fulton County prosecutor.” He argues that CNN has a duty to disclose Grace’s ethical problems, and wonders: “How many citations of ethical misconduct will it take before CNN feels some obligation to at least inform its viewers of these facts concerning its star commentator’s credentials? We know it’s not three, but what about five? How about 10? Maybe 25? Does that number exist? As long as they remain silent on this question, it’s fair to assume that, like Nancy Grace the prosecutor, the executives at CNN Headline News play ‘fast and loose’ with their ethical obligations.”