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Nowhere does the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics encourage journalists to persist and badger. Rather, they are called to be courageous — and are reminded, the “pursuit of the news is not a license for arrogance or undue intrusiveness.”

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What happens when the myth of meritocracy shatters? Disillusionment. Disappointment.

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Journalism — ethical journalism — has been a great force for good in the world, but it’s also been a great force for senseless, pointless intrusion in people’s lives and destruction of people’s privacy for nothing more than quick bucks off of gossip.

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In my four years at Mizzou, I have been called the N-word every semester. I’ve been told to go back where I came from.

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“I am still in the midst of thinking, but part of me cannot help but feel the chicken has come home to roost.”