Restoring Journalistic Integrity

Restoring Journalistic Integrity
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Janice Traflet
Robert Wright
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Those concerned with the rise of misinformation must confront the erosion of journalistic integrity and independence over the past decade or so. Once, journalists traded on their reputation for being trustworthy. Now, though, most repeat too many ideological talking points to credibly maintain their independence or integrity.

Janice Traflet, Ph.D., is the Howard I. Scott Research Professor of Management in Bucknell's Freeman College of Management and co-author of “Fearless: Wilma Soss and America's Forgotten Investor Movement.”
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