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And what it depends on, of course, is whether the story itself is worth the ethical compromise it requires and whether the competition is onto the story.

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Competition Compromise Course Depends Ethical Itself Onto Requires Story Whether Worth

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As electronic journalism came to be evaluated for its cost effectiveness, the network world began breaking up.

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Began Breaking Breaking Up Came Cost Effectiveness Electronic Journalism Network Up World

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But the time has come for journalists to acknowledge that a zone of privacy does exist.

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Acknowledge Come Does Exist Journalists Privacy Time Zone

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For decades, the journalistic norm had been that the private lives of public officials remained private unless that life impinged on public performance.

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Been Decades Had Journalistic Life Lives Norm Officials Performance Private Private Lives Public Public Officials Remained Unless

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Given what the media have put the country through this past decade, it must come as a surprise to most Americans that the press has a code of ethics.

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American Code Come Country Decade Ethics Given Media Most Must Past Past Decade Press Put Surprise Through

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In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy.

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Bulk Command Exchange Gives His History Influence Place Power President Privacy Up

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Journalists, who are skeptical to begin with, simply do not like to be lied to or made fools of.

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Begin Fools Journalists Lied Like Made Simply Skeptical Who

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Most journalists now believe that a person's privacy zone gets smaller and smaller as the person becomes more and more powerful.

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Becomes Believe Gets Journalists More More And More Most Now Person Powerful Privacy Smaller Zone

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No matter what name we give it or how we judge it, a candidate's character is central to political reporting because it is central to a citizen's decision in voting.

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Because Candidate Central Character Citizen Decision Give How Judge Matter Name Political Reporting Voting

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Sexual behavior was also generally considered off limits.

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Also Behavior Considered Generally Limits Off Sexual

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The ethics of editorial judgement, however, began to go though a sea change during the late 1970s and '80s when the Carter and Reagan Administrations de-regulated the television industry.

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1970s Administration Began Carter Change Editorial Ethics Go However Industry Judgement Late Reagan Sea Sea Change Television Though

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The networks found themselves having to compete for an increasingly Balkanized audience.

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Audience Compete Found Having Increasingly Networks Themselves

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The relationship between press and politician - protected by the Constitution and designed to be happily adversarial - becomes sour, raw and confrontational.

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Becomes Between Confrontational Constitution Designed Happily Politician Press Protected Raw Relationship Sour

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The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters' disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the viewers.

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Change Disbelief Government Readers Reporters Spoken Spreads Tone Viewers Written

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