{"id":107,"date":"2009-08-08T22:06:42","date_gmt":"2009-08-09T04:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2018-01-10T10:02:02","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T17:02:02","slug":"ethical-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/ethical-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethical guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NMPolitics.net is a\u00a0news organization and community that aims to be fair, accurate and transparent. Our ethical guidelines are intended to build integrity. We don&#8217;t believe any journalist can be unbiased, but we can be fair even when we have opinions. These guidelines help us accomplish that.<\/p>\n<h3>Factual reporting<\/h3>\n<p>NMPolitics.net will\u00a0never knowingly publish material that is inaccurate. While we may make mistakes, we will correct them. 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