No one could have predicted that the integrity and objectivity of news reporting would ever be jeopardized by media entities’ unfettered willingness to promote and influence their own ideas and opinions rather than report and produce news and information. The degree to which writers and reporters are plagiarizing and attaching their names to reports and stories that they did not create is truly unprecedented. Indeed, there was a time when we could rely on journalists to report and write in ways that allowed us the space to make our own informed judgments. That time has largely gone as media enterprises and news organizations are more overt in their efforts to promote their views across their print, radio, television, and electronic platforms. The goal now seems to be more about shaping people’s opinions rather than simply reporting and letting the audience decide for itself. While diversity of views and perspectives in news reporting is precisely what our democracy needs, we certainly don’t want a media and press industry that lacks journalistic integrity and professionalism.