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Is the actual loss of credibility as disastrous as the reporters felt or does
the public really have the same sensibilities as those in the profession?
The loss of credibility in an profession, especially a news media profession is disastrous. If you lose credibility, you lose truth, and without truth, you lose a lot of your following. Although all of the public doesn't have their degress in journalism, we are educated enough to have the same sensibilities as those in the profession. That being said, we don't have the understanding of the profession as deep as those in the profession but we do know the difference between right and wrong and when something doesn't add up.