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Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules by jollybean on Friday December 10, 2021 @12:47PM (#29513002)
It's not 'journalism' to release arbitrary secrets even if the transparency might be beneficial.

Secrecy can be harmful in some cases but it's also essential in many ways, it's really not an argument at all. Nobody would be able to do their jobs otherwise.

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Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules by AnthonyMouse on Friday December 10, 2021 @12:55PM (#29513113)
> It's not 'journalism' to release arbitrary secrets even if the transparency might be beneficial.

Uncovering and publishing secrets is the core of journalism.

> Secrecy can be harmful in some cases but it's also essential in many ways

Then they should do a better job of keeping the important things secret. But it's good that they occasionally fail.

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