By Essence Dennis |Staff Writer| SEEK TRUTH AND REPORT IT. MINIMIZE HARM. ACT INDEPENDENTLY. BE ACCOUNTABLE. This is the journalistic code of ethics, the guidelines that journalists are meant to abide by to bring the truth to the people, according the the Society of Professional Journalists. These very rules are what keep journalists held accountable for their actions. They are not meant to lie and deceive the public, like journalist Brian Williams is under fire for doing. For a whopping 12 years Williams reported a lie about his news team being shot down, in a helicopter called 'Chinook' in Iraq, by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) according to Rolling Stone magazine. His … [Read more...] about Journalists need accountability