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Part of Apple's new ad campaign. .< 12:15:26 AM  > Theoretically, a week from yesterday, we will know who Deep Throat was. The Washington Post, whose reporters invented the name, says "Only four people on the planet are known to have the name -- [Bob] Woodward; his partner, Carl Bernstein; Ben Bradlee, the former executive editor of The Washington Post; and of course, Deep Throat himself." If this is true, then we know that Deep Throat is John Dean, who plans to spill the beans in his book, coming out next Monday. John Robb thinks Deep Throat was Alexander Haig. Others say Henry Kissinger, William Colby (CIA) and L Patrick Gray (FBI).  [Scripting News]This should be fun. I was a kid when this was happening but I was very aware of the news stories. OK. What if it's someone we don't know? .< 12:07:00 AM >Charles Miller asks a key question. Suppose you work for a company and keep a public weblog. Are you required in some way to blow the whistle, in public, on your employer? Imho, absolutely not. It could easily get you fired, and it isn't fair to your employer, unless they employ you as a journalist. Now, this does not mean you are not a journalist. Just disclose that you are an employee of the company that employs you. Then readers will know to look elsewhere for information about that company. Reasonable people will understand that you will not disclose information that could hurt the company. [Scripting News]I wonder if Dave hasn't talked himself into a corner here. Wouldn't a 'reasonable' person know that someone working for a media company (a journalist) is not goingn to disclose information that would hurt the company. That is to say, they are not going to trash their advertisers products. |
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