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Bologna.
If there were ethics in US journalism, those journalists would be screaming from rooftops about the dishonesty in their profession.
How about handing out cash to conservative newspapers that were vandalized by leftists...I guess when the SPJ did that, it wasn't good enough for you. How about them running an Ethics hotline for journalists to call? How about their criticism when Ian Murphy of the Buffalo Beast posed as David Koch and recorded the call to Wisconsin governor Scott Walker?
Do I agree with everything the SPJ has done? Of course not...but to imply there aren't good, honest journalists promoting ethical behavior is, well, a position of stupidity, ignorance, dishonesty, or evil (Thomas Eleri's "SIDE").
Tell me, why haven't I heard you screaming anything from the rooftops. Could it be that good journalists face the same obstacles in getting their message out?
I gave up my professional and personal life to foster the creation of honest news outlets. I was the editor of two independent newspapers. I chose the truth over family, the cause over my career.
I admit that if I had it all to do over again, I wouldn't make those sacrifices, but I was younger and idealistic then. And I worked with many other honest men and women, some of the finest I've known. Your comment is an insult to those who are still in the business, but I suppose that if all you have is a blunt instrument and a broad brush, then I shouldn't expect precision in your understanding or commentary.