Thursday, July 14, 2005 |
Times Announces New Ethics Guidelines Ending Voting On Sports Awards
"In general, it is inappropriate for reporters to vote for awards and rankings," the new ethics guidelines read. "Doing so could reasonably be seen as compromising their objectivity."Staff members can ask the managing editor for permission to continue voting for awards or rankings. But Sports Editor Bill Dwyre said he plans to stop voting for those awards and expects his writers to follow suit, unless they have "an especially compelling reason for continuing to vote for something."
In such cases, Dwyre said he would take the case to the newspaper's managing editor, Dean Baquet, and attempt to get an exemption.
"I don't 100 percent agree or embrace the policy," Dwyre said, "but I understand it."
"I voted for these things, hesitatingly at the start. But the alternative is you have fans or coaches voting," he said. "I may not be perfect but I'll guarantee you that I am going to be considerably more objective than the fans and coaches, and understandably so."
Wow, he thinks quite highly of himself, doesn't he? I don't guess it's possible for fans to be objective en masse, but individually I think many can be, at least some of the time.
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