Says NBC was ethically wrong for providing the plane for David Goldman and his son for their trip from Brazil to the United States.
“The news media’s duty is to report news, not help create it. The race to be first should not involve buying — directly or indirectly — interviews, an unseemly practice that raises questions of neutrality, integrity and credibility,” the Society of Professional Journalists said in a statement released December 28.
Read full statement here.