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highplainsdem

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8. Ethics are extremely important to journalism - well, to all facets of society. But journalists without

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 02:25 PM

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ethics are just messengers for media owners. Who are too often devoid of ethics themselves.

It's likely most Fox journalists, for instance, are well aware they're lying a lot of the time. But the money and/or political bias seem more important to them than telling the truth.

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