Press in America: Journalist vs. Journalist

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Unknown said...: The shifting world of journalism with explosion of the internet has experienced new tools for gather information, and of course the defining of the ethics surrounding these new features. People simply have more access to information than ever before. Journalists before the internet had to rely very heavily on sources, and the public information which was available in order to cover stories. Classified documents being leaked was a much more rare occurrence. Wikileaks is devoted to finding classified documents and publishing them in hopes to enlighten the masses. This behavior is seen as aggressive, and has been framed that way by mainstream media which “follows the rules” of traditional journalistic discovery. Wikileaks unlike CNN does not try to hide their bias, and motives in their publishing. Assange is more likely to take on a leak like this because he is an activist who wants to prove the actions of the NSA. Mainstream media must adhere to many more rules than independent bloggers, and journalists.These organizations are at the end of the day companies with profits to gain. They would not want to deal with the consequences of publishing a leak like those of manning, and snowden. It is very clear that the government right now is making an example out of these individuals in the hopes of stopping future hacktivists. CNN does not want to be on the bad side of the government or the NSA.; September 5, 2013 at 3:03 AM

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