BEFORE we go on, maybe we should clarify the above heading.
BEFORE we go on, maybe we should clarify the above heading.
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by russell leadbetter
That's "trusting journalists" as "people learning to trust journalists more" rather than "journalists who take everything on trust". If that's not clear, it should be by the time you read this.
Trust me.
Anyway: as a profession we like to think we've cleaned up our act over the last year. The News of the World, which was prone to, well, breaking the law in pursuit of lurid stories and excitable headlines, has gone forever. Tabloid stings are largely a thing of the past.
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In praise of - trusting journalists.
BEFORE we go on, maybe we should clarify the above heading.
That's "trusting journalists" as "people learning to trust journalists more" rather than "journalists who take everything on trust". If that's not clear, it should be by the time you read this.
Trust me.
Anyway: as a profession we like to think we've cleaned up our act over the last year. The News of the World, which was prone to, well, breaking the law in pursuit of lurid stories and excitable headlines, has gone forever. Tabloid stings are largely a thing of the past.
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