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REGINA LEADER-POST/BREAKING NEWS leaderpost.com DOES BARB PACHOLIK REPORT ACCURATELY AND HONESTLY? JURY OUT ON THAT ONE Regina Saskatchewan Canada
Professional journalists with integrity, principles and the goal of reporting the objective truth follow the Society of Professional Journalists’ code of ethics which encompasses a section on “harm limitatin principle” that apparently did not apply to Postmedia Network Inc, the Regina Leader Post, the Saskatoon Star Phoenix and for sure not important to Barb Pacholik, Marlon Marshall of the Leader Post or their region manager, Alan Allnutt, or even to their Editor-in-Chief and Deputy Publisher, Rob McLaughlin as was evident in the front page Leader Post February 6th 2014 on the FCAA Hearing .
As taken from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism_ethics - this outlines the ethical standards for professional journalism and journalist of which upon reading Pacholik’s February 6th 2014 front page article, you will see how Pacholik, the Leader Post, Star Phoenix and Post media Network Inc missed the mark on so many of their own ethical standards for professional journalism . Look for THE bolded ** ** beside each point below, then you come to your own conclusion. This is all in relation to Pacholik’s February 6th 2014 front page leader post FCAA story:
Harm limitation principle
"During the normal course of an assignment a reporter might go about—gathering facts and details, conducting interviews, doing research, background checks, taking photos, video taping, recording sound—harm limitation deals with the questions of whether everything learned should be reported and, if so, how. This principle of limitation means that some weight needs to be given to the negative consequences of full disclosure, creating a practical and ethical dilemma. The Society of Professional Journalists' code of ethics offers the following advice, which is representative of the practical ideals of most professional journalists. Quoting directly:"
NOTE: I am NOT a named party to any FCAA proceeding, past or present. I am also not associated to the Leader Post or any Postmedia Network Inc entity.