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Published 26 Jan, 2012 05:59am

The great ethics debate IV

In part four, of a six-part series on ethical journalism, veteran journalist Abbas Nasir talks about how to develop a relationship with intelligence sources and where to draw the line when accepting 'facts'. View part one here, part two here and part three here.

Intelligence sources:

Tomorrow - sensitive news and the race for ratings.

Sahar Habib Ghazi worked as a TV producer and editor in Pakistan from 2005-10 and later launched Hosh Media. The volunteer-based organisation of bloggers and journalists recently put together a crash course on some of the stickiest ethical dilemmas journalists in Pakistan face.

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