May I offer a story with an example ?
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Speaking of which, is SPJ membership down or something?
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I just remember in the few journalism classes I took in undergrad that they were sort of the bastion of journalistic integrity.
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I recall having to write a few papers about their ethics rules and application to hypothetical scenarios.
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I used to teach journalism ethics. 1st lecture: Do "took campaign cash" and "received campaign donation" mean the same thing?
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Lesson on framing?
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theme of my class was: Every word we use in a news story is an ethics decision. Make them wisely and knowingly.
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Sounds like an interesting class. I've always been fascinated by the power to influence perception by framing things in a certain light.
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Not only deliberately choosing the words you do use but the words you don't, as well.
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