The examples involve the everyday choices faced by those of us in the news business. Readers disagree and editors will, too. They will often say they don't want journalists to be censors or to limit the public's access to the news. But in answering these quizzes, readers consistently and predictably are much more willing than editors to withhold facts and be circumspect in reporting. Readers' responses are more varied than editors'.
Readers place a high value on personal privacy.
When an issue boils down to the people's right to know versus an individual's right to be let alone, most readers usually side with the individual, even at the expense of their own knowledge. Editors almost always favor the right to be informed. Readers, by and large, disagree. Also, readers are more cautious about using profanity and vulgarity in quotes, or in reporting on sexual matters, than editors are. Readers aren't convinced that relatives of famous people are newsworthy just because of the relationship.