The Intercept is in scream fundraising mode. They need to raise at least $625,000 by end of day or "That’s not just a problem for journalists’ careers. It’s an existential crisis for democracy, a system of government that depends on a strong, free press." They also blame it on FB and other big tech for throttling webs traffic.
Sorry, but the first article out the gate lost me with the immediate False Dichotomy: I can and do care about holding people accountable. To me, that includes BOTH following legitimate whistleblower protections for reports of genuine legal misconduct AND holding leakers and reporters accountable for violating laws, regulations, and employment contracts for sensationalism, slander, and partisan activism.
President Trump, Chief Executive of the federal government and properly elected Constitutional Head of the Executive Branch, faced unprecedented "resistance" (more properly called by the legal terms: subversion, slander, and libel) from within the executive agencies, including massive collusion with partisan press to undermine him with false claims. His response was warranted. I'm tired of the press trying to claim overly expansive definitions of "whistleblower" to protect "anonymous sources" that actively violate the legal standard for whistleblowers, violate the press's own published standards for the use of anonymous sources, and do so not for any public good, but purely for political advantage.
The Intercept is in scream fundraising mode. They need to raise at least $625,000 by end of day or "That’s not just a problem for journalists’ careers. It’s an existential crisis for democracy, a system of government that depends on a strong, free press." They also blame it on FB and other big tech for throttling webs traffic.
My hope is that they fail.
Sorry, but the first article out the gate lost me with the immediate False Dichotomy: I can and do care about holding people accountable. To me, that includes BOTH following legitimate whistleblower protections for reports of genuine legal misconduct AND holding leakers and reporters accountable for violating laws, regulations, and employment contracts for sensationalism, slander, and partisan activism.
President Trump, Chief Executive of the federal government and properly elected Constitutional Head of the Executive Branch, faced unprecedented "resistance" (more properly called by the legal terms: subversion, slander, and libel) from within the executive agencies, including massive collusion with partisan press to undermine him with false claims. His response was warranted. I'm tired of the press trying to claim overly expansive definitions of "whistleblower" to protect "anonymous sources" that actively violate the legal standard for whistleblowers, violate the press's own published standards for the use of anonymous sources, and do so not for any public good, but purely for political advantage.