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19 May 2011 · 1 min

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Transcript excerpt from a live-stream discussion critiquing Chicago journalists who appear in a commercial praising Mayor Daley as he leaves office. Speakers (Speaker A and Mike Baco) argue that anchors' participation in a furniture-store ad praising the mayor blurs the lines between journalism, politics, and commerce and damages journalistic credibility and public approval.

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If you're looking for journalistic ethics, don't look to Chicago for any guidance. How is to explain a video here that we're linking to in which prominent journalists and anchors salute Mayor Daly, who's.
Leaving after 22 years?
How are they doing it in a commercial for a furniture store? So now we have the intermeshing of politics, commerce and journalism all in one. Now, don't get me wrong. Obviously newscasts have have ads in them. That's how they pay the bills.
That's how they're able to get those high salaries for the anchors, for the reporters, for everyone involved.
But where does the line get drawn when an anchor who's supposed to be.
Covering, in this case a Mayor Daley.
Goes on a commercial praising Mayor Daley for 22 years?
No one's done it better. We couldn't have done it without you. Thanks for making the city so great.
These are all journalists who should be covering Mayor Daleyza, and yet here they are, even though he's leaving his term.
Even though he's going out of office.
But the lines get blurred very, very easily. And it's why journalists are so far down right with politicians in terms of.
Approval ratings from a lot of people.
Certainly this blurring of lines does not fare well or bode well for the.
Future of journalism in Chicago.
And it's just a lesson for everyone out there that you should not be.
Doing things like this if you value your reputation, if you value your reputation as, as a journalist and as the station covering future politicians.
Let's see what happens if it is.
22 years or however long Rahm Emanuel stays in the mayorship of Chicago if these journalists are giving him a farewell salute. I'm Mike Baco for media training worldwide and media training insider@mediatrainingworldwide.com blog.