Whether it’s Twitter censoring the Hunter Biden Laptop story, or Politico censoring this story, the media should not be determining what to censor and what not to censor. Release the documents and let the voters decide.
Responsible journalism is preferable
Sure, but each newsroom, and maybe even journalist, has their own interpretation of what is "responsible".
1. Authenticity.
2. Motivation.
3. Importance.
When Iranians/Russians/Chinese hack political campaigns, they
1. Can falsify data, or inject errors.
2. They can "editorialize" the leak before publication to have a bias.
3. They can reveal information not relevant for the public but really harmful for the individual.
Let voters decide my ass. The purpose of journalism is to distill data for people to decide.