A journalist loses his place as a subject in all three phases of a communication process. His role is often taken over by (political) information sources and their public relations (media relations) services, who control or influence gathering, selection and framing of information about facts and opinions. Our thesis is that this is, first of all, the ethical problem of journalism, but the responsibility of the media relations practitioners is also important. They are responsible not only to their client, but also to the public interest.
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