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When To Call Something A Lie; Anonymous Sources; Conflicts Of Interests: CPR And NPR Decision-Makers Answer Journalism Ethics Questions

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The news media are under the microscope. It felt like a good time to lift the veil on how CPR's and NPR's newsrooms operate -- in terms of ethics. On a stage at the University of Denver's Newman Center, we confronted the dilemmas that reporters and editors face: When can a journalist call something a lie? What about the use of anonymous sources? Officials from NPR and CPR News answer questions.