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Free Press is part of checks and balances. If you are going to rely on leaks for this stuff to come out, you are going to have a bad time.
by postexitus 1y ago
Free Press is part of checks and balances. If you are going to rely on leaks for this stuff to come out, you are going to have a bad time.
- contrarian1234 1y agoisn't what they're doing at the pentagon essentially getting people to leak stuff?
- postexitus 1y agoby questioning them publicly and holding them to account. That's not a leak. That's keeping people in check (or force them to lie in front of camera). Remove that and you only rely on Edward Snowdens of the world.
- contrarian1234 1y agoMy understanding is they want off-the-record information from unnamed sources. These aren't public questions like at a press conference. Those can still occur under the current rules.
- postexitus 1y agoIf they publish off-the-record information without approval of authorities, they will no longer be accredited to attend press conferences. Of course no self-respecting reporter is going to accept this - if you do, next step is "if you publish lies about our president, you will not be accredited" - trust me, I know, this is how it starts.