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PREFACE INTRODUCTION: WHAT JOURNALISTS DO 1. TRUTH TELLING IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST 2. JOURNALISTIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 3. MORAL IDEALS ANDWORKADAY JOURNALISTIC REALITIES 4. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS 5. CENSORSHIP AND WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FOR THE GREATER GOOD 6. PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES 7. JOURNALISTIC RESPECT FOR PRIVACY 8. OBJECTIVITY, PERSPECTIVE, AND BIAS 9. EDITORIAL LICENSE AND OBLIGATIONS Afterword JOURNALISM AS A FORCE FOR SOCIAL GOOD Appendices 1: SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS–CODE OF ETHICS 282 2: INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS–DECLARATION OFPRINCIPLES ON THE CONDUCT OF JOURNALISTS 285 3: ETHICS CODE: ASSOCIATED PRESS MANAGING EDITORS 287 4: CODE OF ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THERADIO-TELEVISION NEWS DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION 290

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Jacquette, Dale