Challenge of politics of dissent in the 21st century is the problem of attention & credibility. Mass leaks are now weaponized against both.
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Mass, undifferentiated leaks of merely internal conversations are sugar crumbs leading away from focused or powerful, dissident politics.
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Reporting on mass hacks/leaks is enticing but watch: it's actually going to disempower dissent and scrutiny. https://twitter.com/nickconfessore/status/785899181470654464 …
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For example, a suicide attempt was publicized through Podesta indiscriminate dump (Wikileaks tweeted it out). Who will want to be political?
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Indiscriminate destruction of privacy, blurring of lines between corruption & gossip/internal conversation won't bring challenge to power.
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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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