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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Journalism is not an exact science, it bears repeating. There are no rules and regulations for journalists as in, for example, the legal or accounting professions. But there are codes of conduct, which honest journalists should try to follow.

Unfortunately, journalism is such a hotchpotch international community involving untold thousands of   “scribes” that it isn’t uniformly ethical, accurate, or honest. Fortunately, most news writers and broadcasters it has been my pleasure and privilege to work with fall into the honest and ethical category. But I have also come into contact with others who have had few principles ...

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