> And those sources are sometimes committing crimes like leaking trade secrets or other confidential info

I mean this with all sincerity: So what? What bearing does that have on the journalist and what they are writing?

I am also curious about that claim the other guy asked you about, “Guiding” sources and such.

I know it directly from first hand experience. And I liken it to jurisprudence on incitement to violence. Is incitement to theft also punishable? Does the motivation being journalism matter? Why or why not?

	▲	malcolmgreaves 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Journalists provide a valuable public service: publishing the truth. The position you’re advocating for is sullied up as “fuck the truth, bend the knee to the law.” Your opinion is incompatible with a free society.
	▲	BolexNOLA 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Hold on, who said a journalist was inciting criminal activity? That is a completely different animal. Of course I am not saying that’s fine. That’s not even remotely what I’m talking about.