responsibility of the press

It's the responsibility of the press to report on actions good and bad."

An anonymous or secret news service, no matter how well organized, can never be a substitute for this responsibility of the press.

The first responsibility of the press, he said, was to "use its freedom to protect the rights and liberties of all individuals."

In June of that year he testified before Congress on the responsibilities of the press in wartime.

The responsibility of the press to confirm reports and leaks about individuals being tried has come under increasing scrutiny and journalists are calling for higher standards.

The reins on the press may be loosened further when the new legislature approves a long-awaited law on the rights and responsibilities of the press.

In October 2008, Mike Okiro spoke on the responsibilities of the press, saying reporters should avoid sensationalism and should investigate any story carefully before reporting it.

Late Tuesday, however, the Attorney General told reporters that Mr. Eastland's account was "baloney" and said that "defending me" was not among the responsibilities of the press spokesman.

The trashing of a play or musical through negative gossip is not befitting the responsibilities of the press and is most damaging to the theater as an industry and an art form.

Guy Sunny, moderator of the program, said that the responsibility of the press, and student journalists in particular, was to provide facts about AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, to their peers.

Now the case has burst back into public attention, provoking a new outcry about police competence and sensitivity in racial crimes, the rights of defendants to be presumed innocent and the responsibilities of the press.

According to Worldpress.org editorial, the award is granted to journalists "in recognition of enterprise, courage and leadership in advancing the freedom and responsibility of the press, enhancing human rights and fostering excellence in journalism."

In the fall of 2005, Jim Lehrer conducted six hours of interviews with Bradlee on a variety of topics-from the responsibilities of the press to the differences between Watergate and the Valerie Plame case.

News was but a commodity, the furnishing of which was a business transaction only, which ignored the social responsibility of the press, "the grave importance of our vocation", prized of the elder journalists and of the still powerful six-cent papers.

I could not agree more with Mr Cohn-Bendit, and I also said in my statement that I, too, am of the opinion that the responsibility of the press is a personal one, and that governments should not tell it what it can or cannot do.