Journalism is now not only reflecting what is happening, it is affecting what is happening. Governments all over the world watch CNN.
Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?
The most important ethical issues and the most difficult ones are the human ones because a reporter has enormous power to hurt people.
I have experienced power as a journalist. On three different occasions, when I wrote about individual immigrants or refugees, the article - or, in one case, my presence in the courtroom - appeared to positively change the outcome of their cases.
They take journalism really seriously because they know the force that it is and can be.
The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.
The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy. It was not granted by monarchs, it was not gained for us by aristocracies; but it sprang from the people, and, with an immortal instinct, it has always worked for the people.
1st Earl of Beaconsfield
A journalist can make or break a case, in a way, because they can figure out things the police can't, or they can destroy people's lives.
