»To niso (zgolj) pravila etike, to so obvezna pravila ravnanja - kolikor niso nekatera od njih formulirana samo kot priporočila« (Krivic 2000, 5).»Novinar sme izreči poklicno, novinarsko sodbo, ki temelji na relevantnih dejstvih, ne sme pa izrekati svojega osebnega mnenja, ki je lahko posledica enostranskih pogledov na določena vprašanja« ( točka 1.2. nepristranost).
"These are not simply ethical rules, but mandatory rules of conduct - insofar as they are not formulated as recommendations" (Krivic, 2000: 5)."A reporter may express a professional, journalistic judgment based on relevant facts, but not a personal opinion established as a consequence of one-sided views on certain issues" (Profesional Standards and Ethical Principles of Journalism in the Programmes of rtv Slovenia, Article 2, Impartiality).