Tuesday, September 27, 2011

You Cannot Serve Two Masters: Journalism Loyalties

What do you do when a story emerges that unfavorably depicts the organization that owns your tv station? Report or not to report? Journalism's first responsibility is to citizens. "A Covenant with the Public" is another phrase for this phenomena. Robert Downey, Jr. in "Loyalty Oath." Adolph Ochs bought the New York Times, sought to give the news impartially. Journalism would still exist without advertising, even though it is a big component.

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