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W. Joseph Campbell:

The Washington Post ombudsman invokes in his column today the defining conceit of American journalism: That without truth-telling reporters and editors, democracy would be imperiled.

Or, as he puts it, rather simplistically:

What we do is report, write and edit stories.  We take and publish photographs (and now video, too).  We publish the stories and images as news through compelling design and graphics.  And, in columns and blogs, we analyze the news.  Through this painstaking process, we reveal truths.  The country cannot long survive as a democracy, or as a capitalist economy, without this kind of independent journalism.

Of course, if you’re gonna be a truth-teller, the first thing you’ve got to do is, y’know, start by telling the truth.

Elsewhere, related:  Lie in it.

(HT:  Insty)

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