If I misrepresent him, it is unethical. It is just that simple. An editor reports what the person said accurately. Now we are getting someplace, if what he does is not unethical, it is sinful. Journalism Well, that brings us, full circle, to journalism again.
Every journalist is a moralist.
It's absolutely unavoidable. A journalist is someone who looks at the world and the way it works, someone who takes a close look at things every day and reports what she sees, someone who represents the world, the event, for others. We journalists don't have to step on roaches.