[HighlyOpinionated]

Well, before Herman Cain mentioned it on National Television and the alphabets advertised it on News Shows ... most people had not even known that there WAS a Journalistic Code of Ethics ... NOW THEY DO.

Thank You Herman Cain for educating the 99% who need it.

How many of YOU knew about the Journalistic Code of Ethics? It's even ON LINE: http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp

Seek Truth and Report It
Journalists should be honest, fair and courageous in gathering, reporting and interpreting information.

Journalists should:

— Test the accuracy of information from all sources and exercise care to avoid inadvertent error. Deliberate distortion is never permissible.
...
— Distinguish between advocacy and news reporting. Analysis and commentary should be labeled and not misrepresent fact or context.
— Distinguish news from advertising and shun hybrids that blur the lines between the two.
— Recognize a special obligation to ensure that the public's business is conducted in the open and that government records are open to inspection.

This HIGHLIGHTS the use of Alinsky Rules of Radicals tactics by the Media!

[pingman]

“— Distinguish news from advertising and shun hybrids that blur the lines between the two.”

Must have been written before the internet emerged.