Instead of gatekeeping information revealed by hacks from foreign actors, journalists should get back to verifying whether it is true and relevant, argues Eli Lake.
Part of me thinks these media outlets, having learned from the Billy Bush recording fiasco, see a possible bump for Trump if they publish. So, they would rather starve the story of oxygen than risk it helping him. It's their version of catch-and-kill, perhaps.
While I agree with the final point, I have a hard time believing that the media's recalcitrance has to do with a new set of journalistic ethics. Does the author seriously believe that the media would hold back something that was damaging to the Trump campaign?
"To start, the emails Russians stole from the Clinton campaign and the DNC in 2016 were not leaked to a news outlet. "
The Russians? Says who? The DNC and Crowdstrike. This was during a time when the Clinton campaign was fabricating a story that the Russians were in collusion with the Trump campaign. The evidence of Russian involvement was never made public. Why not read this article over at The Racket: https://www.racket.news/p/foia-files-did-special-counsel-robert
Shame on you for continuing to propagate the propaganda that Wilileaks is not a journalistic site. Publishing copies of source material has been done by American newspapers since Been Franklin published one.
It is also true that both the DNC and RNC were hacked in 2016. As could be expected the RNC emails were boring and not further published and the DNC showed chiminal behavior. I expect of Harris is hacked the same thing will happen.
Part of me thinks these media outlets, having learned from the Billy Bush recording fiasco, see a possible bump for Trump if they publish. So, they would rather starve the story of oxygen than risk it helping him. It's their version of catch-and-kill, perhaps.
While I agree with the final point, I have a hard time believing that the media's recalcitrance has to do with a new set of journalistic ethics. Does the author seriously believe that the media would hold back something that was damaging to the Trump campaign?
"To start, the emails Russians stole from the Clinton campaign and the DNC in 2016 were not leaked to a news outlet. "
The Russians? Says who? The DNC and Crowdstrike. This was during a time when the Clinton campaign was fabricating a story that the Russians were in collusion with the Trump campaign. The evidence of Russian involvement was never made public. Why not read this article over at The Racket: https://www.racket.news/p/foia-files-did-special-counsel-robert
Shame on you for continuing to propagate the propaganda that Wilileaks is not a journalistic site. Publishing copies of source material has been done by American newspapers since Been Franklin published one.
It is also true that both the DNC and RNC were hacked in 2016. As could be expected the RNC emails were boring and not further published and the DNC showed chiminal behavior. I expect of Harris is hacked the same thing will happen.