The discrimination of the SAC and its subordinate offices upon news agencies in verifying information, media agencies and journalists’ security concerns, and challenges in the factchecking lead to one-sided stories in reporting, consequently generating ethical challenges for journalism. Six news agencies have responded that ethical standards of journalism weaken as press freedom lacks. Two other agencies reflect that weakness in journalism ethics affects the audiences’ analytical abilities, while four agencies assume that one-sided reporting corrupt ethical standards of journalism. Only one agency said they adhere to their established media policy without harming their code of conduct. Most news agencies admit that they are willing to be abiding by the Code of Conduct for Journalism. However, a cause of not fully adherence to journalism ethics and standards depends on the SAC and its departments’ reluctance to respond and security concerns for the journalists and media agencies. A news agency responded that weakening journalism ethics and standards affect the audiences to be well informed of the realities and acquire adequate facts for analyzing the contexts. A former media council member analyzed: the security concerns of the journalists in covering news on the ground lead to weakening journalism ethics and standards, which brings a significant loss for the news consuming audiences. Repeated Dark Age of News Media 26