JOURNALISTIC ETHICS UPDATE:

NEW YORK — Blindsided by a controversy over its corporate ties to the publisher of Richard Clarke’s book, “60 Minutes” has promised that it will not happen again.

Indeed. The piece notes the dangers posed by media consolidation, though I think pays too little attention to the political temptations, and motivations, involved in the treatment given Clarke’s book.

UPDATE: Reader Paul Shelton emails:

In a far cry from CBS, kudos to NBC last night for their movie “Homeland Security.” Although I rarely watch network television, I happened to tune in and was very impressed. The lack of political correctness or political motivation was surprising.

Did you see it? I thought it was a realistic, gripping account of the troubles with the FBI/CIA firewall that caused many of the blindspots before 9-11. The scenes in Afghanistan were also gripping. It depicted the inability to “connect the dots” in a variety of ways at the agency level. The movie tactfully did NOT focus on the president or his cabinet. A very refreshing take on a subject, even to the point of depicting men of Arab descent who were involved in terrorism as “bad guys!”

Shocking. Good for NBC.

I didn’t see it, but that sounds good.