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Journalistic Ethics?
By admin | January 1, 1970
posted by Ken Taylor
The topic for today’s show is Journalistic Ethics. Our guest will be Dale Jacquette, of Penn State University, who has recently published a book about the topic called, Journalistic Ethics: Moral Responsibility in the Media. I’m sure you can get a copy of the book at Powell’s Books — which is now an official sponsor of Philosophy Talk.
This will be a short post just to get my juices flowing before the show begins today.
The preamble to the code of ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists states that “public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy. The duty of the journalist is to further those ends by seeking truth and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues.”
These are certainly admirable sentiments. But it would be pretty hard […]
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