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DOING THE RIGHT THING

Hicks, Rod

2025

Overview

Lewis later worked for a Rupert Murdoch-owned company that was reeling from the fallout of a British phone-hacking scandal involving journalists from one of his newspapers who had sorted through illegally obtained voicemails of celebrities, politicians and others looking for potential stories. All money ain't good money While reporting on the temporary suspension of an attorney for overcharging clients, the Chicago Sun-Times discovered he was trying to use an advertising contract with the newspaper to prevent it from running negative stories about him. The SPJ Code of Ethics advises journalists to \"deny favored treatment to advertisers, donors or any other special interests, and resist internal and external pressure to influence coverage\" It's hard for newspapers to turn down advertising dollars, which have been dwindling for at least two decades and, coupled with declining subscription revenue, have been a driving force behind newspapers shutting down at a rate of nearly 2% per week, ing to the Medill Local News Initiative at Northwestern University. When sources are overly helpful As a way to reach Black voters ahead of last year's presidential race, Joe Biden's re-election campaign set up interviews for the then-incumbent president to speak to Black radio hosts in two swing states.

• Publisher: Society of Professional Journalists
• Subject: Journalism / Journalistic ethics / Journalists / Plagiarism / Political campaigns / Presidential elections / Scandals / Trump, Donald J