Both CNN and NPR prohibit political activity by all journalists, no matter their assignment.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs.
MSNBC policy requires journalists to report any potential conflict of interest and to seek approval from the president of NBC News before making any political contribution.
The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms.
The Congressional leaders set the agenda for journalism; it's not the other way around.
The Defense Department's plan to ban newspaper reporters from pool coverage of military operations is incredible. It reveals the administration to be out of touch with journalism, reality and the First Amendment.
People should never allow themselves to be dictated to by media.
The fact is that in a way, journalists become a kind of default in the system when you don't have substantive two-party back-and-forth inside of the government.
Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.
News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.
ABC forbids political activity by journalists.