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What's the big diference between government secrets and company secrets? Just that one is more tawdrier and of less consequence?

These days companies are getting so unaccountable to anyone that I'd rather not have reporters make any such distinctions.

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You could start with the simple question "who will be hurt if I do not publish this information?" I have a hard time finding anyone who would be hurt if the finder of iphone had handed it over to the bartender, apart from Apple's competitors.

Like it or not, real journalists make these distinctions all the time.

“Like it or not, real journalists make these distinctions all the time.”

It‘s their job. Finding stuff that’s worth publishing, checking all the facts and writing it up nicely. That’s journalism in a nutshell.

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