Why newsrooms haven't published leaked Trump campaign documents

[Voltaire2]

…. (Background)

Now, eight years later, media organizations are being tested again with how best to cover news from an alleged hack, without playing into the hands of foreign actors looking to interfere in American elections. For now, the decision among the outlets that received the documents has been not to publish them, focusing instead on the possible hack itself.
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“This episode probably reflects that news organizations aren’t going to snap at any hack that comes in and is marked as ‘exclusive’ or ‘inside dope’ and publish it for the sake of publishing,” said Matt Murray, executive editor of The Post. Instead, “all of the news organizations in this case took a deep breath and paused, and thought about who was likely to be leaking the documents, what the motives of the hacker might have been, and whether this was truly newsworthy or not.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/08/13/iran-email-hack-republicans-media-response/


The double standard is inescapable.

[Scrivener7]

1. Suuuuuch bullshit. If this was against the Democrats, they would run it in a heartbeat.

As they have proven they would.

[Walleye]

2. The differences this, the news media loves Donald Trump, they hated Hillary Clinton

It’s got nothing to do with journalistic principles. I’m not even sure they exist anymore.

[gab13by13]

3. The MSM is owned and managed by right wing oligarchs.

[delisen]

4. I lean away from many corrupted legacy news media. nt