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Not sure what the parantheses refer to but a newspaper actually bugging peoples phones for a potential if flimsy story versus a newspaper being presented, by a completely different third party, with documented evidence of governments lying to people seems like two fairly distinct things to me

The parenthesis refer to the two types of wikileaks stories - one type being evidence of governments acting in a way they purported not to, or concealing information that is in the public interest; the second type being essentially a form of heat magazine for diplomats. In both cases, they were obtained by a means that is technically considered illegal.


I don't read red-tops and I don't care for their standards, but I don't see how leaking an illegally obtained flimsy story is OK, whether it's from a diplomat or a celebrity.

I hear what you are saying, but for me the difference comes down to initiating the subterfuge, as opposed to just reporting on it. If it was the NotW reporting wikileaks for example I wouldn't be so bothered


But using your own reporters and methods to do this is a step further

LTT, Wikileaks did not break the law to obtain any story. That is is the difference.


In the case of the NoTW, and no doubt other red tops, the newspaper's own staff broke the law on the off-chance of maybe finding out something about somebody's private life. In the case of Wikileaks, they didn't break the law, and it wasn't about anybody's private life, it was a diplomatic communication that someone is being paid a salary to produce, and others are being paid a salary to read/analyse/etc. It's a workplace communication.

Wikileaks publicised illegally-gained information - depending on the complexities of law (and your point of view) depends on whether you define that illegal or not.


I would consider the NoTW behaviour indefensible, but then I'm not sure that leaking 'news' that, say, the Duke of York acting like an offensive drunk is a) a suprise and b) morally superior. Anyway, I don't want to start a wikileaks debate given this is a NoTW thread. I just think The Guardian is really up itself sometimes, without any good reason.

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