A fall from grace?

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Economic, political and social pressures have eroded the prestige, authority and autonomy enjoyed by journalists from the 1940s to the mid-1980s. These include deregulation and competition in mass media which eliminated barriers between journalism and marketing. Declining public confidence in political authority have made journalists vulnerable to accusations of bias. Social and cultural movements have also altered the socio-political landscape and raised doubts about the issue of professional neutrality.

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Creating public knowledge

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The media should act as a resource that provides coherent frameworks of information that help the public understand complex political issues. The news media has an obligation to present different perspectives representing diverse social groups and to provide desired quality and quantity of news. It has an additional obligation to represent the people and to function as a forum for an exchange of different views.

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In all fairness: definitions of fair journalism have changed over the last two centuries

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American journalists' concepts of fairness have undergone several changes through the years. During colonial times, printers used fairness to absolve themselves of responsibility for their stories. The 19th century was characterized by political partisanship with newspapers covering only their favored parties while modern concepts of analytical and procedural fairness gained acceptance during the 1920s.

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