It isn’t about environmental reporters specifically, but the thoughts of veteran journalist Walter Pincus about courage should be required reading for them too:

Journalistic courage should include the refusal to publish in a newspaper or carry on a TV or radio news show any statements made by the President or any other government official that are designed solely as a public relations tool, offering no new or valuable information to the public.

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