[The Other Harry]

CNN is a news-gathering organization (albeit with a leftist bent). Its job is to gather and disseminate news. In order to do that, it needs to be where the news is happening. Sometimes it needs to hold its nose and overlook stuff in order to stay there.

No. That isn't what you do.

I've worked for a newspaper before. I was on the business side, but I was privy to discussions of what would get reported and to how things would get reported.

There is a journalistic ethic about reporting the news. Whatever it is, wherever you find it, and regardless of the consequences.

It is a compulsion. Good journalists all have it. Good news organizations all have it. It isn't something that you compromise.

[TechJunkYard]

There is a journalistic ethic about reporting the news. Whatever it is, wherever you find it, and regardless of the consequences.

It is a compulsion. Good journalists all have it. Good news organizations all have it. It isn't something that you compromise.

Well, I never said CNN was a good news organization. ;-)

[Howlin]

Since you were in the business, you might be interested i this post:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/890515/posts?page=744#744

[No Truce With Kings]

"There is a journalistic ethic about reporting the news. Whatever it is, wherever you find it, and regardless of the consequences.

It is a compulsion. Good journalists all have it. Good news organizations all have it. It isn't something that you compromise."

Unless you are "America's most trusted source of news," that is.