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Download full textHarrison, S. L. – 1992
A return to excellence and ethics can end the bashing of the press and earn it respect. H. L. Mencken was an outstanding press-basher. One problem he identified is that journalists see themselves as professionals, when they are no more than "hired hands" unable to control admission to the craft. A solution Mencken offered was to improve…
Descriptors: Ethics, Journalism, Journalism Education, Mass Media Role
