内部新聞自由爲落實新聞媒體作爲社會公器，免於僅爲媒體資本 家服務的重要機制，而欲實踐此一理念，「编輯室公約」實爲具體可 行之方法。自真報系經營權轉移時，正提供一思考内部新聞自由與推 動編輯室公約的絕佳時機‘。自立經驗與事後檢討，應可以給予学術界 與實務界一個共同討論與檢證的機看。

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