"...I believe that the best journalists are not those who think they know everything, but those who are wise enough to know what they do not know. Excellence in journalism, it seems to me, does not stem from arrogant judgmentalism but from intellectual humility...Good journalism requires the best we can muster in terms of disciplined learning, intelligent analysis, prudent judgment, and nuanced expression.
Too often those who set the media agenda see it primarily as a business agenda. Too often the measure of media success is simply financial profit. I think this attitude is wrong. It often makes for manipulative media distorting and misleading in a narrow pursuit of readers and ratings. Manipulative journalism is not merely a nuisance here, it can have destructive power..." -His Highness the Aga Khan
Thus media has an extra duty, to move beyond its business agenda and realize its potential as a civil service and a force for change!
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