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Some lawyer goofed preparing a document and rather than respond with courtesy and grace, the Verge writes a story amplifying the error. I don't care about video
by unyttigfjelltol 3y ago
Some lawyer goofed preparing a document and rather than respond with courtesy and grace, the Verge writes a story amplifying the error. I don't care about video game revenues but I think this trend of "gotcha" journalism is regrettable.
- kjs3 3y agoI understand that it's in fashion with a certain crowd to attribute to journalists every sin imaginable, but how is "you tried to hide something relevant, and you didn't hide it, so we're reporting what you tried to hide" somehow "gotcha journalism". What constitutes "courtesy and grace" here? "Well, gee-wiz Mr. GiantMegaCorp, we're real sorry we legitimately received some information you don't want disclosed, so as our solemn duty as 'journalists' we want to know if it's okay to publish it...you know, only if it's okay with you...totally fine if you want us to pretend we never saw it"? What's exactly 'regrettable' here, that a journalist didn't bury an inconvenient fact? How is this a 'trend', as if pointing out when people with power screw up never happened until recently? Before the current fad of "anything I don't like is fake news", this would have just been 'journalism'. Of course, these are also the kind of folks who call people like Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein 'traitors', so what do I know.
- unyttigfjelltol 3y agoThere wasn't any real claim the redaction was illegitimate, only that the attorney for the party who wanted to protect it used the wrong technique to protect it. If the journalist wanted to publish the ... above-board way to do it would have been to ask the judge to order an unredacted version filed, or a change in the redactions... which I don't see any reason here a judge would do that.