I think if they used these very same tactics in brnikaeg stories about widespread government corruption, horrific power abuses or the like, these journalists would be celebrated.Since the average person doesn’t openly approve of the sorts of ends the News of the World went for, they can freely criticize the means and come off as somehow more noble. Case in point, the pro-Wikileaks, anti-NotW post above. “It’s morally correct so long as I agree.” and all that standard bullshit.
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I think if they used these very same tactics in brnikaeg stories about widespread government corruption, horrific power abuses or the like, these journalists would be celebrated.Since the average person doesn’t openly approve of the sorts of ends the News of the World went for, they can freely criticize the means and come off as somehow more noble. Case in point, the pro-Wikileaks, anti-NotW post above. “It’s morally correct so long as I agree.” and all that standard bullshit.