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Black, Jay; Barney, Ralph – 1985
Pragmatic and philosophical cases against codes of ethics for journalists and other mass media practitioners are proposed in this paper. After an examination of the First Amendment considerations related to media ethics, a distinction is made between moral philosophy and moralizing, and it is argued that most media codes tend to be moralistic in…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Credibility, Ethics, Freedom of Speech
