I have to say, I really don't see what the public interest is that would justify that leak. It's simple irresponsible sensationalism. Ratings fever.
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 10:29 AM, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Given that The Drudge Report yesterday violated the "gentleman's > agreement" between the press and the British Defense Ministry by > revealing the location of Prince Harry, can I get a few cries of > "Drudge is helping the terrorists" or "aiding our enemies" from our > friends on the right? a la Giraldo "Drawings in the sand" Rivera? > > :-) > > > > > Actually I was just reading that they did on the subject of Prince > > Harry, which I find rather admirable, actually. Also, many news > > organizations were aware of the presence of Americans at the Canadian > > Embassy after the American Embassy in Tehran was invaded, and kept the > > matter to themselves until they were extricated. So it *does* happen.* > > I do however agree with your larger point, that ratings are the > > primary factor driving media behavior. > > > -- > will > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > and that would just be unacceptable." > - Carrie Fisher > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255174 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
