Readers Respond to Ethics Quiz

In general, we the readers do not seem as caught up in the “scoops” game as editors. We trust journalists with keeping us up on what’s happening around us.

It is always better to get accurate news (even if it is a day late) than to read an inaccurate story and get all upset, only to find out that your new ulcer was due to misinformation.

BRUCE ROLAND

Ojai

* Though I write a great deal, I am not a journalism student and my only real qualification is that I read all local papers daily, as I have since high school.

I read for information, education, awareness and for the pleasure of savoring the printed word. I enjoy pieces that provide food for thought, such as your ethics quiz.

I am aware that not everyone views the paper as I do. One person’s clip-and-save is another’s bird-cage liner--and that does not account for the many pieces that are read or glossed over on the way to Dear Abby.

SANDI MIRANDA

Moorpark

* Re: Question 2, on deciding whether to save two lives or take photographs:

Are you insane? Some member(s) of your staff would let a woman and a baby drown rather than let another paper beat you to a picture? What has this got to do with “neutrality”?

I don’t know why you would want such a horrible human being working for you.

MICHAEL D. SCHWARTZ

Ventura

* I remember a quote from Journalism 101: “All the news that’s fit to print.” Think about it!

MIMI SCHMIDT

Simi Valley