News Journalism Faster, Ethics Not So Much

It has become a cliche: The more things change, the more things stay the same. Larry Smith, Institute for Crisis Management, pointed out changes in communications in the past 50 years:

"When I began my newspaper career in 1962, I had 24-hours from one deadline to the next. In 1969 I moved to radio news and had a deadline every 30 minutes. In 1976, I moved to TV news and had a deadline about every four to five hours and it took at least an hour to process the film.

"About 1979, microwave technology came along and I could go live from about anywhere. In 1984, I was news director of a TV station in South Bend, Ind., that bought one of the first satellite trucks in the country.

"With all of the technological advancements I have seen in my 50-year career, I am sorry to say the ethics and motivation of today's so-called journalists has not kept up." 

(http://www.pjstar.com/business/x2069499445/Business-Q-A-Larry-Smith?zc_p=1)