The news is the first rough draft of history.
News is the first draft of history.
The press was to serve the governance, not the governors.
The media should serve the ruled, not the ruler.
Checked the International Federation of Journalists' Statement on Code of Conduct for Journalists online
[Journalist means a person engaged in gathering, broadcasting, disseminating and commenting on news and information about the events described. 】
1. Respecting the truth and the public's right to know the truth are the primary duties of journalists.
2. In the course of performing this duty, journalists should at all times defend the principle of honesty, including the freedom of news, publishing, and the right to fair judgment.
3. The reporter can only report according to the fact that he (she) knows the root cause. Journalists must not suppress necessary information or tamper with documents.
4. Journalists can only obtain news, pictures and documents through impartial means.
5. Journalists should do their best to correct information that has been published but found to be seriously inaccurate.
6. Journalists shall strictly abide by professional confidentiality and protect news sources obtained in secret.
7. Journalists should be alert to the dangers of spreading prejudice through the media, and should try to avoid behaviors conducive to the spread of prejudice. These prejudices are intermingled with other things and are often related to race, gender, sexual orientation, language, religion, political or other opinions, national and social traditions.
8. Journalists should consider the following unemployed as serious professional faults: plagiarism; malicious misrepresentation; slander; defamation; rumors; baseless accusations; accepting bribes in any form for the purpose of publishing or suppressing publication.
9. Those who are worthy of the title of journalist should regard it as their duty to faithfully follow the above principles. Journalists should recognize the judicial power of their peers and exclude government or other interference to the extent permitted by the laws of each country.
(Adopted by the 1954 International Union of Journalists World Congress. Amended by the 1986 World Congress.)
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