Journalism and Media Ethics: UVA, Brian Williams and Bill O'Reily

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Originally Posted by Giantone

Yes it was ,pretty sure why I'm so down on these News "organizations".People like Walter Cronkite , Huntley and Brinkley,Edward R. Murrow,Charles Kuralt,Harry Reasoner, and there is a long list I know I'm forgetting but all would tell you the same thing.Once news department had to become "money makers .........it all went out the window.

Long time friend of mine's father was a career journalist for the WP. His response to me on that issue was "Once the news became an...industry rather than a profession, it lost much of it's integrity".....