Journo mumbo (Score 1)

Observe the following list from Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel's The Elements of Journalism (Three Rivers Press, 2001). Note #4 and #5. 1. Journalism's first obligation is to the truth. 2. Its first loyalty is to citizens. 3. Its essence is a discipline of verifications. 4. Its practitioners must maintain an independence from those they cover. 5. It must serve as an independent monitor of power. 6. It must provide a forum for public criticism and complaint. 7. It must strive to make the significant interesting and relevant. 8. It must keep the new comprehensive and proportional. 9. Its practitioners must be allowed to exercise their personal conscience. http://mattpeckham.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=622404 2&publicUserId=5653164