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Originally posted by sgtclub
That is ridiculous. If Novak leaked his own source that's one thing. But he leaked someone else's source, with whom I'm sure Novak had no relationship. That is called reporting and it is in the pubic interest.
eta: The market check here is that no one should speak to Novak in the future.
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Puhleeze.
If that's true, then I guess you're of the opinion that any of the other reporters to whom Novak's source shopped the Plame story should've revealed the government source.
After all,
the source tried several times, with different reporters, to sell the story before h/she reached Novak at the bottom of the barrel. According to you, not only is it permissible, it's
in the public interest for any of those other reporters to come forward, do some "reporting" and burn Novak's source.
Right?
Novak's pissing on the umbrella that otherwise protects him. That's what the problem is.
Your "market check" seems to suggest that you agree that it's a stupid fucking thing for Novak to do. It's corrosive to him, but in an immediate sense it's corrosive to the rest of the community, and that's what's unacceptable.
