Friday, February 23, 2007
An ethical journalist
One of the major purposes of a mass media is the message they will convey to their audience. Gaining people’s trust through negative persuasion will lead to a false understanding about the society and will illustrate a different image of the reality to people. I think people have the right to know the truth. Maybe in some rare cases I would agree with statement that if people knew about a reality, it might cause more problems like public panicking. In such situations, I will let people be ignorant about that. They just don’t need to know about that. But making lies for the purpose of making more money is very unethical. Besides, sooner or later people will know about the reality and the source of the lies (the specific media which has spread the news) will lose its credibility and people’s trust. After all, a journalist must deliver only the truth to his or her audience.
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I absolutely agree with you. Especially when you said that sometime people shouldn't know the truth because it hurts and maybe it will affect their personal life. However, at this time nothing can be hidden because the internet technology made it so easy for people to find whatever they are searching for.
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