SOUTH BEND, Ind. — WNDU Reporter Monica Murphy ignored standard journalistic ethics involving a conflict of interest by failing to disclose her relationship to her uncle in a recent story. The article appears to be an attempt to shame Republican members of the St. Joseph County Council who are looking to potentially pull funding from a failed homeless program that has been spearheaded by the reporter’s uncle, Democrat politician and former St. Joseph County Auditor, Mike Hamann.
If someone did something like this in my field, we would likely be fired and fighting for our licenses. I wonder what consequence this reporter will face for failure to disclose a conflict of interest?
Someone needs to complain to her station manager that’s a breach of ethics
This is why South Bend is in the toilet.