Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> 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.

  Voluntary and voluntary... It's not good publicity if your newspaper
gets officially reprimended by the entity that enforces the journalistic
ethic code. Besides, the media cannot break the law either.

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                                                          - Warp

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