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   On Oct 24, 2016 9:53 AM, "Steve Kinney" <[1]admin@pilobilus.net> wrote:

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     On 10/24/2016 12:12 PM, grarpamp wrote:
     > [2]https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/10/22/0417250/should-
     journalists-ign
     ore-some-leaked-emails
     >
     >
     [3]http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/151983995587/on-the-wikileak-
     ed-emails-bet
     ween-tanden-and
     > [4]https://backchannel.com/when-is-it-ok-to-mine-hacked-
     emails-1f20811229
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     >  Tuesday Lawrence Lessig issued a comment about a leaked email
     > which showed complaints about his smugness from a Clinton campaign
     > staffer: "I'm a big believer in leaks for the public interest...
     > But I can't for the life of me see the public good in a leak like
     > this..." Now mirandakatz shares an article by tech journalist
     > Steven Levy arguing that instead, "The press is mining the dirty
     > work of Russian hackers for gossipy inside-beltway accounts." This
     > is perfectly legal. As long as journalists don't do the stealing
     > themselves, they are solidly allowed to publish what thieves
     > expose, especially if, as in this case, the contents are available
     > to all... [But] is the exploitation of stolen personal emails a
     > moral act? By diving into this corpus to expose anything unseemly
     > or embarrassing, reporters may be, however unwillingly,
     > participating in a scheme by a foreign power to mess with our
     > election...
     >
     > As a 'good' journalist, I know that I'm supposed to cheer on the
     > availability of information... But it's difficult to argue that
     > these discoveries were unearthed by reporters for the sake of
     > public good... He's sympathetic to the idea that minutiae from
     > campaigns lets journalists "examine the failings of 'business as
     > usual'," but "it would be so much nicer if some disgruntled
     > colleague of Podesta's was providing information to reporters,
     > rather than Vladimir Putin using them as stooges to undermine our
     > democracy." He ultimately asks, "is it moral to amplify anything
     > that's already exposed on the internet, even if the exposers are
     > lawbreakers with an agenda?"
     1)  Shoot the messenger.
     2)  Question the motives of the reporter.
     3)  Misrepresent and mock the reports.
     Do we need a whole 'nother list for media criticism a.k.a.
     propaganda
     studies?
     :o/
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References

   1. mailto:admin@pilobilus.net
   2. https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/10/22/0417250/should-journalists-ignore-some-leaked-emails
   3. http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/151983995587/on-the-wikileak-ed-emails-between-tanden-and
   4. https://backchannel.com/when-is-it-ok-to-mine-hacked-emails-1f20811229