LOL! These days they aren't hired for either integrity (ha!) or skills. If they're starting out, their degree gets them in. Later it's the resume of where they worked, samples of their work, and who they know. Editors, such as they are these days, wouldn't know quality if it rose up and bit them.
Yep.
When I was in school the journalism majors were the party animils with lots of time on their hands.