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Unbridled9 posted...

A truly difficult question to answer. Is it okay for the media to, during wartime, run a story detailing military secrets or championing the enemy? If the journalist runs a hate piece against a certain demographic is it okay? There's a bunch of difficult questions. However the big question should be the difference between 'HAS the right' and 'SHOULD EXERCISE the right'. Like, given this situation, I would say the journalist has the right to publish the story but needs to be held accountable for the outcome if the criminal doesn't get caught. However that can be worked around if the journalist simply holds off on the story until after the investigation is concluded. At that point they are not being censored as the story isn't being repressed in any way but they're not risking the lives of anyone by doing so either.

This sounds about right. They have a responsibility not to compromise the investigations and therefore must take responsibility if they choose to do so (up to and including being charged with interfering in the investigation or possibly even being treated as an accessory), but they should retain the right to make that choice.

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