Along this line, much has been said about the ethics of news embargo and the implications that it stirs in the news and journalism profession.
Jon Geer and
Michael Bush, in their articles dated December 11 and 12, 2007 respectively, shared their views on the practice of news embargo. In the same manner,
Bob Steele of Poynter online, and
Maxine Clarke also discussed briefly the downside and the benefits that news embargoes bring to the table.