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bravo, Salon
Journalists have only one obligation: to truth, no matter what form it may take. Truth trumps all other loyalties, be they personal, familial, social, or national. It is not up to the journalists to try to ascertain ahead of time how a story might "play" out; when it comes to one's duty to the truth, consequences are irrelevant.
One need only look to a publication like the New York Times to see what happens when truth is subverted by lesser loyalties and passions.