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To: Jim S who wrote (1848)	9/26/2006 6:54:39 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10087

We are dealing with more than one issue now. One is the press taking a skewed angle on the facts to the extent that the truth is obscured for the consumer (profitable sensationalism). I hate it and think we, the consumers, are the only ones who can impact that problem by letting the tabloid press go broke for lack of sales. The other is classified information being published. We can never effectively force the press to ‘keep secrets,’ no way no how… that is counter to their whole way of thinking and if we were successful we would kill the idea of a free press. If classified information is published, it is because someone who was responsible for keeping classified information ‘secret’ failed to keep the secret. Hold that person responsible. It doesn’t matter to me if its embarrassing gossip or nuclear secrets (the consequences of each are of course different and matter according to weight). But the issue of leaking is the same.