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What is truth?. SPJ Code of Ethics: Seek Truth and Report It. RTDNA Broadcasters Code: Strive to present news in a way that is balanced, accurate and fair. Reject sensationalism or misleading emphasis in any form.
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RTDNA Broadcasters Code:Strive to present news in a way that is balanced, accurate and fair. Reject sensationalism or misleading emphasis in any form.
PRSA Core Principle:Protecting and advancing the free flow of accurate and truthful information is essential to serving the public interest and contributing to informed decision making in a democratic society.
AAAA:We will not knowingly create advertising that contains false or misleading statements or exaggerations, visual or verbal
OBJECTIVITY:A mechanism that allows journalists to divorce fact from opinion.
Journalists use objectivity to filter out their own personal biases to influence what they report or how they cover it
Objectivity also allows news to be read by people with multiple political opinions.
“For the most part, we do not first see, and then define, we define first and then see.” Walter Lippmann
News is a manufactured product, with storylines, narratives, characters and graphics.
Challenges for print journalists:Choice of storiesChoice of placementNewseum Front Pages
More challenges:Choice of headlineChoice of photograph(Elian Gonzalez example)
Challenges, continued:Choice of lead and frameChoice of sourcesNew York TimesLos Angeles TimesSan Francisco Chronicle