Fired journalists are portrayed as unjustly excluded and mistreated despite upholding core values
The correspondents describe the fired colleagues as 'principled, fair and honest' and express sorrow over their 'shabby' and 'indecent' treatment. The emotional language and appeal to loyalty amplify the sense of unjust exclusion.
““We want to express how sorry we are that these principled, fair and honest journalists were treated so shabbily, with such indecency,””
