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> tendency to include lots of personal details (of suspects and people he doesn't like) in his articles is weird and creepy? I think it's weird and creepy when
by WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
> tendency to include lots of personal details (of suspects and people he doesn't like) in his articles is weird and creepy?
I think it's weird and creepy when LEO eagerly distribute suspects' personal details (via PR, website, etc). Which they seem to do at every possibility - even if doing so doesn't advance community safety in a demonstrable way.
Journalists, however, have a duty to honor their extra 1A protections by holding the powerful to account. I believe a default position of including identities in a story helps insure that the powerful are known when they behave badly.
It's an imperfect default but I think it's better than every alternative.