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January 11, 2017updated 12 Jan 2017 4:48pm

The ‘golden rule’ of journalistic ethics and why Buzzfeed was wrong to publish Trump dossier

By Dominic Ponsford

I give the odd talk to journalism students on ethics and I always start with the “golden rule” which is the basis of most world religions – and, I would say, journalistic ethics.

Treat others as you would expect to be treated yourself.

I also suggest that you don’t do anything that you wouldn’t be comfortable defending publicly before, say, a judicial inquiry.

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