Journalists Shouldn't Help the Sony Hackers

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/15/opinion/aaron-sorkin-journalists-shouldnt-help-the-sony-hackers.html?ref=opinion&_r=0

by plg • 12 years ago

27 7 12 years ago

AxisOfEval• 12 years ago

Slicing, dicing and reporting on data available in the public domain is NOT helping criminals. It doesn't matter how the data got there. Of course, as a victim it isn't being fair to Sony - but it is certainly not helping criminals.

VikingCoder• 12 years ago

How can you pretend this data is in the "public domain"? That phrase has a specific legal meaning, and stolen data does not fit that definition.

GabrielF00• 12 years ago

FWIW, I've been finding Sorkin's critique of the media in The Newsroom to be incredibly sanctimonious.

saosebastiao• 12 years ago

Likewise. Same goes for his portrayal of conservatives, where the only intelligent conservative on the planet is Will McAvoy, who happens to only hold viewpoints where there is some very convenient common ground with democrats.

laurencerowe• 12 years ago

Compared to pre-Reagan Republicans, the Democrats seem pretty right wing...

wmeredith• 12 years ago

As do I. I gave up after the second season because my hurt from all the rolling. The thing that bothers me is I really liked all other aspects of the show. I just couldn't take the preaching anymore.

forgottenpass• 12 years ago

I can sympathize, but shouldn't a guy in the media understand the media? The media does not embody morals, they just use morals as a cudgel when convenient. Sometimes the cudgel is in the shape of a Sorkin op-ed.

Donald Sterling's privacy? HA!

Privacy of 2014 leaked celebrity nudes? Here comes the high horse.

Publishing leaked Sony data? Deliver both the dirt and hand-wringing over delivering the dirt. The media loves naval gazing, it's self-indulgent and great for delivering multiple rounds of clicks.

Journalists Shouldn't Help the Sony Hackers

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