publishing thirteen endorsement articles<\/a> because I was just giving my opinion on behalf of SouthsideCentral. Times have changed and I’m now working in the broadcast media profession. I have a strange feeling of ethical uncomfortability in endorsing candidates that I’m reporting on, now that SouthsideCentral and Star News have became somewhat intertwined. I balance that out by knowing that I can separate my on-the-air and reporting duties from SouthsideCentral blog & opinion reporting.<\/p>\nI’d like to know what the readers have to say on this. Based on what I’ve said, do you think that SouthsideCentral should issue political endorsements? I ask that you vote in the poll below as well as make comments.<\/p>\n
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That’s the ethical question I’m asking myself and there’s no easy answer.<\/p>\n
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