[Infowarrior] - The Media's Risky Love Affair With Leaks

[Richard Forno]

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> From: dan at geer.org
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> The Media's Risky Love Affair With Leaks
> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/06/magazine/the-medias-risky-love-affair-with-leaks.html
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> ...
> [I]n the weeks following the election, Twitter was flooded with
> entreaties from reporters, who begged federal employees to leak
> them stories. Old media and new rushed to create or fortify high-tech,
> encrypted channels for leaking documents and tips, embracing the
> sorts of tools and technologies previously associated with activists,
> dissidents and hackers. The calls signaled a willingness to serve
> as conduits for information, and a budding awareness that, in some
> circumstances, a story's status as a leak is more persuasive than
> the imprimatur of its publisher. They promised safety above impact
> or reach; they offered assistance, not access to their audiences.
> These calls provide clues as to what a media reverse-engineered
> around motivated leakers could offer: context, explanation, meaning
> and narrative.
> ...
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