Integrity In The Film 'At Any Expense'

Trust can only be gained by the reliance and truth a person says and does, Integrity is a term used that is used to describe the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. Journalist must have a high level of integrity to prove to the viewers and readers that they are incredibly honest and truthful.The movie spotlight which was reviewed in class is an excellent example of journalistic integrity,The movie went into extreme detail of how journalists dissect a story to deliver the best possible news report to the readers/viewers. Journalist build their credibility in many ways like proving their integrity,having solid ethics, and fact checking before releasing news reports. Chapter 23 “At Any Expense” from the book “Leaders eat first” is a good example of how journalists gain

Integrity is important for many reasons but one in particular would be that trust is easily gained from people with strong integrity. The trust gained from integrity is important in journalism because it means that readers/viewers will continuously come back for more which equals more profit for journalists. The truth in journalism can lead to more benefits to the media profit wise , where as lies in journalism can lead to inevitable problems in the future once a single intellectual person exposes the journalist or news groups for being untruthful which is a hard complication to retain from. The importance of integrity is immense do to the fact that straying from the truth of giving distractors in the news can cause problems within the media. Transparent journalists can create issues with the truth and can hide the actual problems within society which immoral. Integrity is important because it keeps journalists in line and create a truthfulness and trust within the media, the trust allows journalists to write and speak about more sensitive material and have the trust of the