Dental Malpractice Lawyers | If a doctor can be sued for malpractice, and a lawyer disbarred, should the journalist profession have a code?

5 Responses to “If a doctor can be sued for malpractice, and a lawyer disbarred, should the journalist profession have a code?”

1. Mossy Jan on May 29th, 2010 3:59 pm

   journalists should be written off?

2. Victoria on May 29th, 2010 4:35 pm

   They do… its called ‘libel.’
   a. defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures.
   b. the act or crime of publishing it.
   c. a formal written declaration or statement, as one containing the allegations of a plaintiff or the grounds of a charge.

   Journalists can be sued over it.

3. Chris B on May 29th, 2010 5:33 pm

   They do have a code of ethics but you’re comparing apples to oranges. Doctors and Lawyers must go through years of study and be licensed. They must be held to a higher standard than a journalist!

4. Alfie on May 29th, 2010 5:49 pm

   Perhaps as a corollary to your Q: should non-professions such as Travel Agents be permitted to pose as professions by using the term “Consultant” (of their commission-chasing shop staff) so confusingly?

5. who_me on May 29th, 2010 5:52 pm

   They should but they don’t and they won’t .

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