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爱德华·博克:爱德华·博克自传·补录 509

爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导

More often than not the editor hears "stories" that, if printed, would be a "scoop" which would cause his publication to be talked about from one end of the country to the other. The public does not give credit to the editor, particularly of the modern newspaper, for the high code of honor which constantly actuates him in his work. The prevailing notion is that an editor prints all that he knows, and much that he does not know. Outside of those in the inner government circles, no group of men, during the Great War, had more information of a confidential nature constantly given or brought to them, and more zealously guarded it, than the editors of the newspapers of America. Among no other set of professional men is the code of honor so high; and woe betide the journalist who, in the eyes of his fellow-workers, violates, even in the slightest degree, that code of editorial ethics. Public men know how true is this statement; the public at large, however, has not the first conception of it. If it had, it would have a much higher opinion of its periodicals and newspapers.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3538
定位:Additional excerpt 509 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

编辑经常听到一些'故事',一旦登出来就是独家新闻,能让刊物全国闻名。但公众并不相信编辑有很高的职业道德,总觉得他们知道什么就登什么,甚至没影的事也登。其实一战期间,美国报纸编辑收到的机密信息比政府圈外人多得多,他们守口如瓶。新闻界的荣誉准则很高,谁违反一点,同行都看不起。政界人物知道这是真的,公众却完全不了解。这说明,每个行业都有外人看不见的自律;公众若多了解,就会更信任媒体。

上下文

博克在回忆录中谈到编辑的职业操守,特别提到第一次世界大战期间新闻界保守机密的情况。

今日一问

你是否因为不了解某个行业的内部规范,而对该行业抱有偏见?

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