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Review, Democracy And Fake News: Information Manipulation And Post-Truth Politics, Peter Krapp
Review, Democracy And Fake News: Information Manipulation And Post-Truth Politics, Peter Krapp
Secrecy and Society
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Classified: Secrecy And The State In Modern Britain, Diana Clark Gill
Classified: Secrecy And The State In Modern Britain, Diana Clark Gill
Secrecy and Society
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Questions Of Professional Practice And Reporting On State Secrets: Glenn Greenwald And The Nsa Leaks, Rebecca M. Rice
Questions Of Professional Practice And Reporting On State Secrets: Glenn Greenwald And The Nsa Leaks, Rebecca M. Rice
Secrecy and Society
In 2013, journalist Glenn Greenwald met with Edward Snowden, who leaked the most documents in the history of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). Greenwald reported on these documents and proved that the NSA spied on millions of American citizens. However, he also provided commentary about the state of journalism and argued that journalists are often complicit in the keeping of state secrets. Using a rhetorical analysis of Greenwald's writings in The Guardian and his later book, this essay argues that journalists function as a technical audience that debates professional standards for leaking secrets. In Greenwald's case, journalists were …