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Opposing all the other views, Isabel Awad discusses in her academic journal, called Journalists and their sources, how some reporters might abuse the rights given to them by people such as “the public’s right to know” in a way that harms their sources. According to Awad, some professional reporters have a manipulative nature that causes them to abuse their sources, or the other way around, allows their sources to manipulate them by using strategies such accepting money, presents, or any other form of bribery. Awad clearly states in her introduction how it is recommended to ‘‘[u]se special sensitivity when dealing with children or inexperienced sources or subjects’’ and ‘‘show compassion for those who may be affected adversely by news coverage’’
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