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Millions of readers across the country look forward to opening their Sunday newspapers to the travel section. The reading can provide a pleasant escape from reality. A Midwestern housewife who cannot get her car out of the driveway because of snowdrifts can read about cruises to exotic Pacific islands. An urban apartment dweller can read about a spacious luxury hotel in the south of France. Many of these stories are written by the travel editors of the newspapers. Some of these journalists gather information for their stories while on trips paid for by the hotels they visit or by the cruise lines whose ships they sail on. Does this pose ethical problems? If so, would the problems be resolved if the journalists simply disclosed who paid for the trips?
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