But that's my point. What's happening isn't Journalism, it's a form of "access journalism", gossip passing as news.https://twitter.com/lachancenaomi/status/785982796602810368 …
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Holding the powerful accountable isn't letting hackers (with own agendas) curate sugary crumbs of gossip for you. It's exposing corruption.
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In obsequious "access journalism" we get gossip as the powerful would like us to get. In this form, we get gossip as the hacker would like.
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And this is what happens. Sugary crumbs of scandalacious stuff serves to distract, substance loses. https://twitter.com/s_m_i/status/786018125623857152 …
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All the discussion of "was this single hacked email newsworthy" is missing the damage of mass hacks to the ecology of dissident politics.
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Through hacks/mass leaks, anyone in politics risks destruction of private life. We learned of suicide attempt of staffer. Not minor issues.
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Destruction of privacy of anyone near politics—not the powerful but anyone entangled—is an earthquake. Not sure why that's being missed.
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Forget tidbits—won't move political needles. Look at the ecology effects. Lack of privacy can end politics by anyone but the most powerful.
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As with other threats, you will seen see the most powerful and the resourceful figure out how to deal with it; move to end-to-end chat, etc.
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If your deepest personal crisis—a suicide attempt—will be gleefully advertised by Wikileaks, will you go near any politics? You won't.
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and then used on CNN (saw this particular email topic discussed)
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