For Decades, The Journalistic Norm Had Been

But The Time Has Come For Journalists To Acknowledge That A Zone Of Privacy Does Exist.

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

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.

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.

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