"Correspondent from London for Geo TV Network & Jang Group of Newspapers (The News International & Daily Jang). For contact: murtaza.shah@geo.tv" ...
Here is a Copy of the Code Journalists working in the UK have to work by.
Murtaza Ali Shah is Allegedly a "Journalist" working out of London. IF he is a registered Journalists then you only have to look at his recent non stop tweets to know where his loyalties lie. He is a disgrace to the word "Journalist"
I am about to lodge a formal complaint to the NUJ as I believe he is anything but a credible journalist. I would request others who feel the same way to contact the NUJ about his breaches of the code which binds him, in his hundreds of daily tweets.
A journalist:
- At all times upholds and defends the principle of media freedom, the right of freedom of expression and the right of the public to be informed.
- Strives to ensure that information disseminated is honestly conveyed, accurate and fair.
- Does her/his utmost to correct harmful inaccuracies.
- Differentiates between fact and opinion.
- Obtains material by honest, straightforward and open means, with the exception of investigations that are both overwhelmingly in the public interest and which involve evidence that cannot be obtained by straightforward means.
- Does nothing to intrude into anybodys private life, grief or distress unless justified by overriding consideration of the public interest.
- Protects the identity of sources who supply information in confidence and material gathered in the course of her/his work.
- Resists threats or any other inducements to influence, distort or suppress information and takes no unfair personal advantage of information gained in the course of her/his duties before the information is public knowledge.
- Produces no material likely to lead to hatred or discrimination on the grounds of a persons age, gender, race, colour, creed, legal status, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation.
- Does not by way of statement, voice or appearance endorse by advertisement any commercial product or service save for the promotion of her/his own work or of the medium by which she/he is employed.
- A journalist shall normally seek the consent of an appropriate adult when interviewing or photographing a child for a story about her/his welfare.
- Avoids plagiarism.
The NUJ believes a journalist has the right to refuse an assignment or be identified as the author of editorial that would break the letter or spirit of the NUJ code of code.
The NUJ will support journalists who act according to the code.
NUJ code of conduct was updated in 2011.
National Union of Journalists