It seems I can't reply to your other comment, so I'll address it here:
>Journalists should know that if they walk the fine line between legal and illegal then they run the risk of being investigated.
Sure, no disagreements there.
>If they're confident they're on the right side of the law then they have little to worry about.
This is not the issue, the issue here is clearly intimidation by government entities that wish to silence the media. Right side of the law doesn't matter to the law if you have the right dirt. The right dirt will get your killed.
>What I take exception to is their attitude, as if it's some great affront to decency and democracy that they should come under any kind of scrutiny.
It certainly is a great affront to decency and democracy when the work the journalists are involved in is exposing behavior unfitting for the government. We're not talking about twitter accounts being suspended for saying unsavory things, we're talking about large organizations being raided by the entities they are investigating. Clearly these are distinct situations.
>I don't see many people hurling childish insults on HN, but here you are.
I call it like I see it. People like you are the reason that so much of our world is non-transparent. You might be ok with that, I am not.
So, if journalists catch wind of the government being involved in illegal activity, they should just sit down and shut up because it's not their place to publish it. Don't see bootlickers too often on HN, but here you are.
>Journalists should know that if they walk the fine line between legal and illegal then they run the risk of being investigated.
Sure, no disagreements there.
>If they're confident they're on the right side of the law then they have little to worry about.
This is not the issue, the issue here is clearly intimidation by government entities that wish to silence the media. Right side of the law doesn't matter to the law if you have the right dirt. The right dirt will get your killed.
>What I take exception to is their attitude, as if it's some great affront to decency and democracy that they should come under any kind of scrutiny.
It certainly is a great affront to decency and democracy when the work the journalists are involved in is exposing behavior unfitting for the government. We're not talking about twitter accounts being suspended for saying unsavory things, we're talking about large organizations being raided by the entities they are investigating. Clearly these are distinct situations.
>I don't see many people hurling childish insults on HN, but here you are.
I call it like I see it. People like you are the reason that so much of our world is non-transparent. You might be ok with that, I am not.