By Keith Ramsey
The Tennessean
Published on June 24, 2004
Excerpt:
Aly Colón, who teaches ethics at The Poynter Institute, a journalism training facility in St. Petersburg, Fla., said altering facts even as seemingly minor as a person’s hometown crosses an ethical boundary for journalists because it can raise questions about their overall credibility.
”People … need to believe the information they are getting is as truthful as can be ascertained and as accurate as possible,” Colón said.
Colón added that media outlets also should be held accountable when they fail to inform their outside contributors about their journalistic standards and ethics policies.
”The responsibility falls on both the institutions using the information and the people preparing it,” Colón said.
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