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Essay / The responsibility of journalism by Denis Mcquail and...
The author writes that journalists have legal and regulatory obligations, duties linked to the professional role they occupy, promises of service and level of quality , causal responsibility for consequences, moral responsibility, and responsibility as a professional (McQuail, 29). The press is very valuable to society and people need to know that they can trust the information produced by news outlets. McQuail writes: “Journalism is not a single or simple activity, inherently difficult to define, and the same difficulty arises when it comes to understanding the meaning of ‘responsibility’” (McQuail, 28). The author hit the nail on the head. The act of reporting and being a journalist is a complicated process that changes every day, it is almost impossible to include all the responsibilities of journalists towards the