There's a whole world of difference between leaking pics and specs of a new gadget, and videos of your government killing people in (arguably?) dubious circumst

There's a whole world of difference between leaking pics and specs of a new gadget, and videos of your government killing people in (arguably?) dubious circumstances... In Australia there's a specific Code of Ethics that journalists are supposed to work by. http://www.alliance.org.au/media_alliance_code_of_ethics/ http://www.alliance.org.au/media_alliance_code_of_ethics/ - other countries may have similar things, but it basically sets out the role of good journalism. You can easily argue the public interest was served by releasing the wikileaks video. The iPhone reveal is just tech industry gossip.