Proportion of UK journalists who agree with each ethics statement

Journalists are more likely to agree that ‘what is ethical for journalists should be determined by professional standards unless extraordinary circumstances require disregarding them.

ethic1_A-D. The following statements describe different responses journalists may have to ethical problems. For each of them, please tell me how strongly you agree or disagree. Base: 1130.
Source: 'UK journalists in the 2020s: Who they are, how they work, and what they think', published in April 2025.

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