Spongebob Squarepants learns that “minimize harm” has a place in both the SPJ code of ethics and in the real world of Bikini Bottom.

Some say the journalism business is so bad that reporters have to work a fast-food job to make ends meet.

It’s just the opposite for Spongebob Squarepants, the fry cook turned reporter in “Krabby Kronicle,” a 2008 episode that raises a semi-serious ethical dilemma.

(Jim Romenesko highlighted the episode after seeing a Tweet from Hollywood Reporter online editor Chris Krewson, who saw the episode on a Monday afternoon.)

Spoiler: Fortunately, Spongebob’s editor/boss doesn’t read the paper before publication, which teaches him a lesson in reciprocity and loyalties.

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