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Re:Dell to Buy EMC in Deal Worth About $67B by kriro on Monday October 12, 2015 @10:17AM (#10374613)
What's the ethical situation for a journalist who leaks this like? How long and hard do you question the agenda of your source? Don't you usually need multiple sources before you publish something like this? I'm not a journalist but am curious how these "insider info that most certainly will influence the deal price" scenarios are generally handled.
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Re:Dell to Buy EMC in Deal Worth About $67B by GBond on Monday October 12, 2015 @10:54AM (#10374861)
It is often the case a leak is intentional. The Journalist gets their story - leaker get the intended word out with Anonymous Source protection (the "greater" ethic). In this case the motive may be lead time for other bidders to throw their hat in the ring.
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Re:Dell to Buy EMC in Deal Worth About $67B by yuhong on Monday October 12, 2015 @01:43PM (#10375983)
Thinking of it, this reminds me of the Twitpic fiasco. The problems need to be fixed.
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