Breaking the codes
: In his very good coverage of l’affaire Spokane at PressThink, Len Witt points to a plethora of codes of journalistic ethics.
Methinks the volume of codes of ethics is, itself, a symptom of a problem. Doth we protest too much? Are we overcomplicating it? Are we overcompensating?
Doesn’t it pretty much add up to this: Don’t lie. Don’t sell out.
