It's a matter of ethics and responsibility of the news organization itself to be honest with its audience and protect the integrity of the news product. It should be market forces not government regulation that protects it.

Like other journalists who cover the news under dangerous circumstances, [Woodruff and Vogt] showed great courage in the assignment they took on. Unfortunately, this incident shows the risks journalists face in covering war while trying to ensure that the public is informed.

The ethics committee exercised its responsibility, what was the Republican response? Fire them. Intimidate them,

[Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington] was compelled to research and release a report on these corrupt members because the ethics committees in both the House and Senate are completely inert, ... The report calls for the House and Senate to act to investigate and take appropriate action against them for these violations of the rules.

In the news trenches, always he battled to be accurately first, ... Ed Turner was walking ethics.

President Arroyo's actions could usher in a new era of press censorship and intimidation.