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=Self-Censorship: Counting the ways=
 * Journalists are likely to confirm self-censorship
 * **Reasons for self-censorship can be many and varied:**
 * Market pressures -- manifested when newsworthy stories are ignored because they are too boring or complicated -- are seen as the most common factor for not pursuing good stories
 * Often, time-starved reporters say they simply do not have the opportunity to follow up on important subjects
 * Newsworthy stories are at least sometimes ignored because they are regarded as too complicated for the average person.
 * Peer pressure -- fear of embarrassment or potential career damage -- is mentioned by about half of all journalists as a factor in avoiding newsworthy stories
 * Journalists acknowledge they have softened the tone of a news story on behalf of the interests of their news organization
 * **Summary**
 * More local journalists report increased influence by corporate owners and advertisers in decisions on which stories to cover.
 * When asked whether the media do a good job of informing the public, local and national journalists give themselves poorer marks
 * Half of journalists surveyed felt that news business did a good or excellent job of balancing journalism's twin goals (of telling the public what it wants to know and what it needs to know)