It is clear that truthful information is elemental for societies. I find it interesting that as journalists our quest is to find the truth and report it, yet news and truth are not the same thing. News is reporting of the facts from sources in order to signalize an event. But what differentiates news and truth is that the facts from the sources may not be truthful facts. According to the reading, “Truth it seems, is too complicated for us to pursue. Or perhaps it doesn’t even exist, since we are all subjective individuals. “ I will leave that up to philosophy majors and stick to the definition of truth as the truth of what the sources tell me.
Journalisms existence is absolutely paramount in order for societies to have access to credible and reliable accounts of events pertaining to them. Truth in journalism provides individuals with the information necessary for them to govern themselves. According to the reading, Journalism is after a practical or functional form of truth. It is not truth in the absolute or philosophical sense. It is the truths by which we can operate on a day-to-day basis. It is fundamentally important that journalists report truthful information because entire societies operate on the information journalists submit.
http://www.journalism.org/resources/principles
http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp
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