Druga polovica osemdesetih let je pri večini novinarjev zbudila refleks obrambe pred zunanjimi pritiski in ta ni izginil niti po zmagi večstrankarskega sistema. Častno razsodišče, ki je bilo zagotovo v središču boja za avtonomnost novinarstva in ki so ga nove politične sile oblegale s pritožbami proti novinarjem, je tudi zdaj vse primere razsojalo samo z vidika poklicne etike, to pa je ljudem, ki bi ga - to pot pa iz druge politične smeri - uporabili za orodje proti nezaželenim novinarjem, kmalu vzelo voljo.
The events of the second half of the 1980s awakened in most journalists the urge to resist external pressures, and they kept the feeling alive after the inauguration of the multiparty system, when the ethics commission, which certainly was the central player in the struggle for the autonomy of journalism, became saddled with complaints against journalists. But it continued to adhere to professional ethics. This has taken the wind out of the sails of those who wanted to use it as an instrument against unwelcome journalists, this time for different political reasons.