As Electronic Journalism Came To Be Evaluated

The Networks Found Themselves Having To Compete For An Increasingly Balkanized Audience.

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.

Journalists, Who Are Skeptical To Begin With, Simply Do Not Like To Be Lied To Or Made Fools Of.

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.

For Decades, The Journalistic Norm Had Been That The Private Lives Of Public Officials Remained Private Unless That Life Impinged On Public Performance.