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There's a connection here that has everything to do with conducting ourselves in private in a way that makes our public lives worthy of whatever honor and respect we can reasonably expect from other people.  It's all about learning to live our lives without needing Jesus or a cop or our mommies looking over our shoulders the whole time.

From The Atlantic:

What Does It Take To Break The Athlete's Code Of Silence?

Rare is the sports scandal, whether it's blood doping on the Tour de France or Tiger's sex life, in which complicit silence does not lie at or near the heart of events. It played a key role in the NFL's Bountygate. And in last fall's nightmare at Penn State. If baseball's antisnitching poster boy is not Weaver, it's Greg Anderson, the longtime friend of and personal trainer for Barry Bonds. Anderson was willing to spend time behind bars rather than testify against his friend. The blind loyalty of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil can give lots of cover for doing evil.

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Television News And Accountability

Part of this comes out of an old sense that the power of news media emanates from its unfailing accuracy. But given that no one ever is unfailingly accurate, and given that we now exist in a world where numerous sites are dedicated to pointing this out, it may well be smart to emphasize other values.

When wrestling with your conscience, it's important to remember that you need to lose once in a while.