On 31/05/2011 20:20, Warp wrote:
> Invisible<voi### [at] devnull>  wrote:
>> they have no /incentive/ to tell the truth.
>
>    Not true. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism_ethics_and_standards
>
>    Many countries have organizations whose purpose is to make sure that
> the media doesn't break the ethical standards. (Of course this doesn't
> mean these organizations cannot be biased.)

Sure. There are voluntary codes of practise. But as far as I know, 
there's nothing to stop anybody that wants to from completely 
disregarding these at will.

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