Re:In the ’80s, she was a video game pioneer. Today, no one ...
by whatshisface on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @12:03PM
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Journalists have a social norm that it's okay to investigate people and publish their details, and as the rest of us come around to seeing that as invasive and rude, they're lagging a bit behind. (See also: The slate star codex guy.)
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Re:In the ’80s, she was a video game pioneer. Today, no one ...
by mcherm on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @12:50PM
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No, journalists do NOT have that norm. Which is why the NY Times' behavior in the case you refer to was criticized in many journalism circles.
[1] https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/slate-st...
[2] https://reason.com/2020/06/24/slate-star-codex-dox-scott-ale...
[3] https://arcdigital.media/slate-star-codex-and-the-gray-ladys...
Re:In the ’80s, she was a video game pioneer. Today, no one ...
by the_af on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @01:12PM
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The author of the article didn't really publish any details about Ban Tran's life except she worked at this videogame company about 40 years ago and took part in the development of this game Wabbit. Doesn't seem intrusive to me. There's no real personal information, and I'd like to think this documentary maker would ask Ban Tran for permission to publish more details if he ever manages to contact her.
Let's not go for the pitch forks so readily, shall we?
Re:In the ’80s, she was a video game pioneer. Today, no one ...
by dspillett on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @12:23PM
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If I ever get unwanted press attention (not likely, they would be _really_ dredging the barrel if anything in my life was deemed interesting enough!) and that "peoples right to know" argument is used as a defence, I'm immediately hiring PIs to investigate the "journalist"'s life in detail and publishing the results. The people have a right to know about the lives of the people defending their right to know about people's lives…