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Reporters trail badly in annual poll on honesty and ethics
Nurses top the list as most honest and ethical.
Once again, newspaper reporters score poorly in the annual Gallup Poll, released today, on "honesty and ethical standards" in various professions, as judged by the American public. They rank even lower than bankers, auto mechanics, elected officials, and nursing-home operators. To put this in perspective: Newspaper reporters are even less respected than their TV counterparts.Somehow, however, they top lawyers, car salesmen, and ad directors. And they also edge business executives and congressmen. Nurses top the list as most honest and ethical. If there's any good news for newspapers, it's that since 2000, the number of those saying that reporters have high or very high
ethical standards has climbed from 16% to 21%. In 2000, reporters were behind even lawyers in that category. All in all, in the current survey, Gallup found that 5% of the sample gave newspaper journos very high marks for honesty, 16% high, 50% average, and 28% low or very low.
Source: Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher
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