http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/18362/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/commentary/media-cant-decide-whether-espionage-journalism <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/dan-gainor">Dan Gainor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Imagine the year is 1942 and the German government runs a news bureau in Washington, D.C. collecting government secrets. Even FDR would have laughed at claims they were actual journalists, locked them up and thrown away the key.</p> <br /> <p>He would have been right. There's a huge difference between an individual or an organization reporting abuses in government or business one at a time and the same people stealing enough classified material to run a spy agency.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/commentary/media-cant-decide-whether-espionage-journalism" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Commentary MRC Business Assange business calls classified Column concerns confusion culture dangerous editor enemies headlined imagine information interest isnt journalism Journalists julian Leak list lives manning material news Press profession public release Reporters reporting secrets security SPJ story support supporters Terrorists wars washington WikiLeaks world Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:23:00 +0000 admin 29852 at http://archive2.mrc.org