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This case arose on a page where news is defined by people who want to make the
announcements, not by the reporters on a beat. Does that raise a different
ethical question the newsroom?
Yes, it does raise different ethical questions, however, these annoucements still need to be reviewed and edited. When you have John Doe that is not any type of journalist or reporter putting his own words into the paper or making an announcment, there needs to be someone over that saying yes or no. Your newspaper belongs to you. If there is something in there that isn't going to shine good light, or maybe something is going to cause issues, take it out. People can be dumb, but it is your job as a worker for the paper to make sure that you deliver straight up news, not comments.