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Georgia Republicans Push for State 'Journalism Ethics Board'

posted by martyb on Friday April 05 2019, @10:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the first-we-need-an-ethics-board-for-politicians dept.

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Georgia Republicans Push for State 'Journalism Ethics Board':

Six Republican state representatives in Georgia have moved to create an "ethics board" for journalists that would require news organizations to provide copies of pictures and audio and video recordings of interviews to subjects who request them or risk civil penalty.

The cost of meeting those requests would be paid by the news organizations.

The proposed legislation, House Bill 734, titled the "Ethics in Journalism Act," was sponsored Tuesday by Rep. Andy Welch, who represents the city of McDonough.

The bill would create a board of media professionals and academics that would produce"a canon of ethics" and "develop a voluntary accreditation process in journalism ethics," which would also allow for the investigation and sanctioning of journalists.

This bill isn't really about local news publishers (although they would be censored too) this is about censoring CNN which is headquartered in Atlanta.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday April 06 2019, @03:48PM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 06 2019, @03:48PM (#825406) Journal

    The lead up to the Iraq war put that into my consciousness.

    Surely, the ultra-loyal Republican Guard would have persuaded you otherwise!

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 06 2019, @04:57PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 06 2019, @04:57PM (#825428)

    You mean the NY TImes? Cause the NYT was a big cheerleader you know. Just look at how bloodthirsty HRC was -- Democrat, Republican, doesn't matter. Both are steeped in imperial traditions.

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday April 06 2019, @05:06PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 06 2019, @05:06PM (#825430) Journal
      Rather I was referring to the peculiar (US-specific?) media terminology of that time such as widespread use of "ultra-loyal" (which turned out to mean significantly less than "loyal"). That's certainly not the sign of a discerning media, capable of handling US propaganda with the necessary degree of skepticism.