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"Leaking" actually serves a vital purpose, yet can also be damaging. We really need a good article on [[Leak]]s, present both sides throughout its history. How it serves a vital purpose in informing the public and Congress on what the Executive Branch is doing, while it can also be abused, risky to national security, or unnecessarily damaging to public perceptions simply out of partisanship.
"Leaking" actually serves a vital purpose, yet can also be damaging. We really need a good article on [[Leak]]s, present both sides throughout its history. How it serves a vital purpose in informing the public and Congress on what the Executive Branch is doing, while it can also be abused, risky to national security, or unnecessarily damaging to public perceptions simply out of partisanship.
Leaking is a game played in Washington that public doesn't really understand. While a journalists job is to secure leaks and a flow of information to meet publishing deadlines, his source risks their job and prison time to do it, in theory. But here we see powerful people, agency and department heads (even presidents) quoted anonymously in effort to control the narrative and shape public opinion.
Leaking is a game played in Washington that the public doesn't really understand. While a journalists job is to secure leaks and a flow of information to meet publishing deadlines, his source risks their job and prison time to do it, in theory. But here we see powerful people, agency and department heads (even presidents) quoted anonymously in effort to control the narrative and shape public opinion.
On the surface it looks like an unholy or unhealthy relationship between public officials who leak and journalists, but in reality they need each other and see dependent on each other.
On the surface it looks like an unholy or unhealthy relationship between public officials who leak and journalists, but in reality they need each other and see dependent on each other.
No article on fake news should ignore a discussion on leaks, else it risks bring labled fake news itself. That's why we need a separate stand alone article on leaks, cause the two compliment each other a give a much fuller understanding how to identify fake news. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Deep Six the Deep State!'']]</sup> 15:14, 6 August 2018 (EDT)
No article on fake news should ignore a discussion on leaks, else it risks bring labled fake news itself. That's why we need a separate stand alone article on leaks, cause the two compliment each other a give a much fuller understanding how to identify fake news. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Deep Six the Deep State!'']]</sup> 15:14, 6 August 2018 (EDT)