People are truthful by default. In theory, this should create a fair and honest world with fewer heartbreak, less crime, better education, and bigger tax refund. Yet here we are, seemingly trapped in a political enterprise where liars get to lead and fools follow. We can all lie, indeed, even a squirrel or a 2-year-old...
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First, Choose Truth
Journalism has long been, first and foremost, a calling to seek and report the truth. “Truth should be their idol, their first and last consideration always,” stated an 1853 article titled “Truth in Journalism,” published in Scientific American Magazine. “Seek truth and report it,” states the first ethic of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code...
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The essentials that matter most
In Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s classic book, “The Little Prince,” a pilot whose aircraft is forced down in the Sahara meets a little prince from another planet who seeks the secret of what is important in life. At one point, the prince meets a fox who promises the gift of that secret and reveals it when...