Last Updated: May 20, 1999
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ASNE
on the move
ASNE President Edward Seaton has urged the World Association of Press
Councils to abandon plans to write an International Code of Ethics for
Journalists. The association will hold a conference in September to consider
the measure.
The ASNE president said an international code of ethics for journalists
is dangerous for press freedom.
"We have profound reservations about any kind of an agreement at the
international level. Not only would it be used against our press in our
courts, it could become mandatory under international law. It would be
an open invitation to authorities in other countries to inhibit our press,"
Seaton wrote.
