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Bama · 07-01-2005, 10:37 AM

Two things that stood out in the article for me are:

"Until Thursday, Time had stood with the New York Times in refusing to relinquish information their reporters had developed separately about the revelation of a CIA operative's identity. It is a federal crime to disclose the identity of a covert agent, and both news organizations were investigating who had leaked her name."

And

"What happened at Time Inc. is clearly troubling for anybody who values the watchdog function of the media."

Since when is naming a CIA Operative being a "watchdog" for anything much less the community?

True watchdogs "report" without putting their own political or personal spin on the events they "report" and I most certainly can't remember the last news event that was reported where that doesn't happen - sorry, the whole "I'm a watchdog statement made me laugh".

When you break the law and endanger someone's life (which they did) - don't run off like a little bitch and be a coward by trying to hide behind the first amendment.

This isn't an attack on the "system", it's an attack on certain individuals.

When the court starts to force reporters to name their sources in news articles they write where the act of naming an individual/s is not a crime to have done so - THEN start yelling about rights being taken away.

Until then, take a class in "Knowing Right From Wrong 101" and stop spending so much time in the little bitches playground.

07-01-2005, 10:37 AM
Bama Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 2,727	Two things that stood out in the article for me are: "Until Thursday, Time had stood with the New York Times in refusing to relinquish information their reporters had developed separately about the revelation of a CIA operative's identity. It is a federal crime to disclose the identity of a covert agent, and both news organizations were investigating who had leaked her name." And "What happened at Time Inc. is clearly troubling for anybody who values the watchdog function of the media." Since when is naming a CIA Operative being a "watchdog" for anything much less the community? True watchdogs "report" without putting their own political or personal spin on the events they "report" and I most certainly can't remember the last news event that was reported where that doesn't happen - sorry, the whole "I'm a watchdog statement made me laugh". When you break the law and endanger someone's life (which they did) - don't run off like a little bitch and be a coward by trying to hide behind the first amendment. This isn't an attack on the "system", it's an attack on certain individuals. When the court starts to force reporters to name their sources in news articles they write where the act of naming an individual/s is not a crime to have done so - THEN start yelling about rights being taken away. Until then, take a class in "Knowing Right From Wrong 101" and stop spending so much time in the little bitches playground.