Here’s the first in an occasional series of what-would-you-do questions regarding journalistic ethics.
The local police want the paper to participate in a sting operation. Crooks have been reading the obits in the paper, noting funeral times, then robbing the bereaved families’ houses during the funerals. The police want to run a fake obit in the paper, and then wait inside the house at the address listed. When the crooks enter, the cops will arrest them. They promise that a reporter and photographer can wait inside the house with officers.
You’re the editor. Do you agree to this? Why or why not? If yes, do you place any conditions on this deal?
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