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The public's right to know in liberal-democratic thought vs. The people's ‘obligation to know’ in Hebrew law
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Authors: Tsuriel Rashi
DOI: 10.1386/ejpc.1.1.91/1
Keywords
Hebrew Law,Right to know,Media Ethics,Communication, ethics,Mass communication
Abstract
This study compares the codes of media ethics adopted by the PCC–Press Complaints Commission, the IFJ–International Federation of Journalists and the SPJ–Society of Professional Journalists based on the claim that it is the public’s right to know, and examines the origins of this concept. A new approach is presented here which falls between the liberal-democratic approach on the one hand and on the other, the extreme ultra-Orthodox approach that claims that it is the public’s duty not to know. This new approach which indicates that it is the public’s duty to know has evolved from the analysis of Jewish texts from Biblical times and from the study of events in Jewish community life throughout the world. This novel approach is likely to effect a change in the contents of broadcasts and in the boundaries of media ethics.
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