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If the journalistic organization knew that the information they acquired was from a foreign government (Russia) that wanted to manipulate another countries elec
by compuguy 7y ago
If the journalistic organization knew that the information they acquired was from a foreign government (Russia) that wanted to manipulate another countries election, would they still publish here-said information?
- jascii 7y agoIf they can confirm a reasonable credibility, then yes, they should. Preferably with as much openness about the source as is safely possible. As far as I know Wikipedia has always maintained that they did not receive the information from russia, but from anonymous internal leaks. While I personally have some doubt about that, I feel it takes more than "personal doubt" to attack a journalistic organization.
- lawnchair_larry 7y agoIf it’s publishing authentic information, and this impacts voter choice, how is that a negative? This criticism has never made any sense to me, and usually regresses to a non-sequitur comment like, “they didn’t publish any emails from the Republicans or the Russians”. If people found out what Hillary’s campaign actually did and said, and decided that this didn’t align with their values in a President, that’s not Putin or Assange’s fault. That’s Hillary’s fault.
- sneak 7y agoNarratives about people’s motivations and goals seem to hold much more weight than the objective facts, which is that he published information that was true, that the public did not have prior.