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There is a very specific meaning of whistleblowing and giving every leaker that title does a disservice to those that are actual whistleblowers.
by tuckerman 4y ago
There is a very specific meaning of whistleblowing and giving every leaker that title does a disservice to those that are actual whistleblowers.
- juve1996 4y agoI don't see how this doesn't fit the meaning - providing info of something that can severely damage many people's livelihoods.
- tuckerman 4y agoRunning to a news outlet to tell them that some company is going to allegedly raise some performance bar is very, very different than, for example, reporting illegal activities about private companies to federal agencies. The former is someone looking for some thrill or 20 seconds of fame and, afaik in the US at least, there is nothing like whistleblower protections for that behavior. I also disagree that anything in what was leaked of Mark’s statement is severely damaging to livelihoods any more so than any other time someone has gotten let go for performance reasons.
- juve1996 4y agoSo you say it's not a big enough deal to be whistleblowing. But then you want the courts to punish people for leaking this information. Which is it? Your position is logically inconsistent.