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1			A story about a Michigan-Michigan State basketball game included this paragraph: After talking with reporters, Frieder walked past Skiles and said with a grin, "I'm glad we've only got one more goddamn game with you." Is the quotation okay?




2			A Native American woman was quoted in a news story: "This is my native, ancient land. My great, great ancestors were living here when Columbus touched Manhattan Island, and we don't know how long before that." Do you use the quotation as is?




3			A woman driving to work sees an accident a few blocks from her home. The wreckage is of a sports car that looks familiar. She asks a police officer, and he confirms her fears: The dead man in the wreckage is her husband. A freelance photographer records her anguish and the picture is published on page l, in color. Readers describe the newspaper as insensitive, irresponsible, exploitative and sensationalistic. Would you have used the picture?




4			A story about a bar that caters to gay men begins: A reedy man about 30 years old, wearing nothing but magenta leg warmers, closes his eyes and eases back against a wooden beam inside the Mine Shaft, a gay sex bar in Greenwich Village, while a paunchy, middle-aged man drops to his knees and performs oral sex. Do you use this lead as is?




5			President Reagan is pressed hard to answer some questions at a news conference. He dodges them and when the conference is over, he is heard to mutter, "Sons of bitches," in obvious reference to the reporters. You have it on tape; do you broadcast the direct quote? You heard it; do you use it in your news story?

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