JOURNALIST AND SOURCE OF INFORMATION: LEGAL ASPECT

Abstract

. The article deals with claims related to the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation of the information spread by a journalist about a citizen or organization is true. The researchers are talking about duties of a journalist to preserve the confidentiality of information and its source, which are spelled out in all ethical codes and are not questioned by the professional community. A number of laws are considered that imply that information about personal data, family relations, health status, property status is private and inviolable. Special attention is paid to the Law of the Russian Federation “On Mass Media”, which stipulates that failure to comply with their duties as a journalist entails criminal, administrative and disciplinary liability.