Accuracy of Information. This is perhaps the area that poses the most numerous ethical issues for the music therapist, no matter what type of media (e.g., print, broadcast, or electronic) is involved. The present author could include 'a long list of her own media horror stories on this subject! Even when the music therapist bas the expertise and competence to provide information to the media on a particular subject, an enormous amount of caution needs to be exercised. The therapist must be acutely aware of the tendency of some media personnel to sensationalize, distort, take statements out of context, exaggerate or overgeneralize data, use irrelevant or unrelated comments, or treat information in a biased, superficial or casual manner. When speaking to the media, the music therapist must avoid personal opinion and rely primarily on current scientific information for the content ofthe interview. This may often imply the need for the therapist to prepare for the interview by reviewing the most recent research on the topic. Even when this is done, it is extremely impo1't!nt to provide this information with a great deal of caution. For example, even though the research may point to the effectiveness of music therapy with a particular clinical population or problem, the therapist must emphasize that these are the current research findings, are limited as such, and may not be overgeneralized. The therapist should avoid absolute, definitive and sweeping statements regarding the effectiveness of music therapy, and should be most careful about the choice of words used, for example, using "may" "possibly," etc. When there are only limited data, the music therapist should represent this information honestly and accurately, and not be afraid to state that the information is not yet known. The music therapist may have knowledge about the effects of music therapy from his or her own professional experience. Again, the therapist should frame this information as his or her personal observations and emphasize that these results have not been empirically tested. The interviewer may prompt the therapist to draw conclusions about music therapy, and the therapist should stress that this cannot be done. For a number of reasons, music therapists may intentionally distort information about music therapy to the media. This is considered a serious breach of ethics, and often the damage caused by this distortion is very difficult to undo.