Waffling On Full Disclosure: Lawrence Lessig, Steven Levy

[Steven Schear]

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On Oct 24, 2016 9:53 AM, "Steve Kinney" <admin at pilobilus.net> wrote:

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> On 10/24/2016 12:12 PM, grarpamp wrote:
> > https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/10/22/0417250/should-journalists-ign
> ore-some-leaked-emails
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> http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/151983995587/on-the-wikileak-ed-emails-bet
> ween-tanden-and
> > 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?"
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> 1)  Shoot the messenger.
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> 2)  Question the motives of the reporter.
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> 3)  Misrepresent and mock the reports.
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> Do we need a whole 'nother list for media criticism a.k.a. propaganda
> studies?
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> :o/
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