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"What they're doing is precisely journalism." Journalists have a responsibility. If a couple of people have leaked information, the likelihood of anybody actu
by rick888 16y ago
"What they're doing is precisely journalism."
Journalists have a responsibility. If a couple of people have leaked information, the likelihood of anybody actually seeing the information is close to zero. Wikileaks has a huge audience that now includes most major media outlets in the US. This is the difference.
- derefr 16y ago> If a couple of people have leaked information, the likelihood of anybody actually seeing the information is close to zero. In the Internet age, I find the concept of that laughable. If you want to show something to a great number of people, just post it on a social news/bookmarking site. Sending your info to Wikileaks is a hundred times as responsible an act as just letting the information spread virally would be.
- rick888 16y ago"In the Internet age, I find the concept of that laughable. If you want to show something to a great number of people, just post it on a social news/bookmarking site. Sending your info to Wikileaks is a hundred times as responsible an act as just letting the information spread virally would be." I'm glad we agree that both are equally irresponsible.