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The legal and ethical issues of online journalism pose real and serious threats to journalists who do not comply to the guidelines. These ethical and legal issues may arise if a journalist had not been careful enough, or has not cared enough to present morally and ethically perfect work.
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These issues are
Libel liability - when publishing some harmful information about a certain someone, one might always come under fire for libel. Journalists can more often then not find themselves thrown into court over a libellous statement.
Obscenity: a narrow range of material that describes or displays sexual material in a manner designed to cause arousal and lacks artistic, literary or scientific value. Usually used with print media and now the Internet.
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Indecency: a broad range of sexual and nonsexual material, including certain words, nudity or other things that could offend manners or morals. Usually used with broadcast media.
Forum shopping - this means that while the internet is open to any and all eyes that wish to come upon it, and because of that forum shopping may occur. Forum shopping happens when some litigants have their legal case heard in the court thought most likely to provide a favourable judgment.
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All of these factors truly and heavily undermine journalism. The fact remains that no matter what, as journalists the only thing we have to our name is our reputations and credibility, and when we lose them, what else do we have left? What else do have in order to be able to call ourselves journalists? Journalists should wholeheartedly embrace the way the world had changed and how journalism has evolved, and stick to the guidelines in order to 1. stay credible and on top of their game and 2. be able to call themselves true journalists and finally 3. avoid any legal and ethical implications.
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