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Someone was willing to take the risk of leaking it to NPR to start with. You're right, but when you say that one "should be willing to take risks" do you mean
by fishcolorbrick 9y ago
Someone was willing to take the risk of leaking it to NPR to start with.
You're right, but when you say that one "should be willing to take risks" do you mean that the journalist should make that decision? If so I disagree; risk tolerance should be up to the source, as frustrating as it is to get news third-hand.
- anigbrowl 9y agoI see your point, but let's also acknowledge that NPR and many other established media outlets often report on things without linking to the source material even if its freely available, so that they can maintain their audience rather than having them bounce off. Few of their science articles link back to the journal of original publication, for example, or arxiv preprints. Now as for risk tolerance, I think that should be a two-way conversation. I do think that failing to give people access to the material massively compromises public engagement.