http://www.australian-news.com.au/codethics.htm
Have had an incident non aviation related concerning a young & keen
Journo over here .
Good person in base terms but still wet behind the ears very keen and
ambitious . Which led the jourmo into a dreadful trap of zeal
exceeding checking the facts .
Some how I got dragged into the bunfight as a sort of mediator between
the injured party and the journos senior management .
Upon auditing every thing it came down that the journo was led by
another party (who would profit by certain negatives ) No money
changed hands to the journo but a combination of pillow talk and
malicious hearsay damaged another party .
The code of ethics came into the matrix and poor Journo was really
set up and believed the hearsay and for her unfortunately wrote it up
as an informed and VERIFIED source . Which upon the simple
examination was later proved false.
What was coming over loud and clear from others in the craft was the
ideal of "in the public interest"
The matter came down to two simple tests
