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Ashley Madison leak: Is this newsworthy?

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Dick Whitman, Aug 21, 2015.

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  1. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Adultery, rightly or wrongly, remains illegal in 20-something states. Does that affect your opinion?
     
    wicked, Aug 22, 2015
    #37
  2. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    It's not work time, it's the use of work equipment.

    You get this hottake from Cowherd?
     
    JC, Aug 22, 2015
    #38
  3. Doc Holliday

    Doc Holliday Well-Known Member

    Wicked, No. JC --- Dumb that they did it with their employer's email address, but still not news.
     
    Doc Holliday, Aug 22, 2015
    #39
  4. JohnHammond

    JohnHammond Well-Known Member

    Getting a blow job was illegal in a few states until 2003. Didn't see newspapers running stories on all the crime happening among dating couples, and the lack of such crimes occurring among married ones.
     
    JohnHammond, Aug 22, 2015
    #40
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  5. Long Snapper

    Long Snapper New Member

    My cousin was on that site. Can't wait to see his name leaked because he's not even married. He was just looking to have a good time with other people's wives. Don't know if it's right for all that info to be leaked. We've all heard pro athletes talking about cheating and haven't written about it right?
     
    Long Snapper, Aug 22, 2015
    #41
  6. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    I'm all for stories about moralizing family-values creeps who make their life's work telling others what to do being exposed. And since so many love to attack public service workers every move because they are public sevice workers, then write all the stories about public service workers using their public service work emails that you want. The nothing-to-hide crowd will not worry about it all, I'm sure.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Aug 22, 2015
    #42
  7. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    Of course. I had never heard of the Conde Nast CEO either, but I figured he was a public figure. But this guy seems to be some obscure blogger who was in a viral video. It's borderline to me. I'd have to look more into it, but doesn't seem newsworthy. I sort of agree with Doc, but at the same time, the govt employees are doing this stuff on our dime. I think that makes a bit of a difference.
     
    BDC99, Aug 22, 2015
    #43
  8. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    Creating an account using a government email address is in no way, shape or form proof that they're "doing this stuff on our dime."
     
    MisterCreosote, Aug 22, 2015
    #44
  9. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    I always assumed they were getting a credit card to even let you into Sodom andGomorrah.

    You could browse the place with a fake email and a fake photo? WTF.
     
    93Devil, Aug 22, 2015
    #45
  10. Elliotte Friedman

    Elliotte Friedman Moderator Staff Member

    So far, everyone is missing two very important parts of this conversation.

    1) Are these people victims of fraud?

    and

    2) Is this the tip of the iceberg?

    On the first question: If the hackers are to be believed, Ashley Madison was targeted because it promised (for a $19 fee) that all of your information could be erased from the site. Upon release of the second data dump, there was a quote along the lines of, "You can now admit this is real, Noel" -- a direct shot at Noel Biderman, who runs the website. (I went to school with Noel, and with Jason DeZwerik, whose family owns the website.) One class-action lawsuit has now been filed in Canada. If this is a personal attack on the website for not doing what it promised, there are legal ramifications. And, who was wronged to the point they would take such revenge?

    On the second: There are a few technology reporters saying the people laughing at this will not find it so funny when their personal health or tax information gets posted online. Because that's where we're going next.
     
    Elliotte Friedman, Aug 22, 2015
    #46
  11. cjericho

    cjericho Well-Known Member

    Does freq bring a different milf to every family barbecue?
     
    cjericho, Aug 23, 2015
    #47
  12. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    I'm surprised (and thankful) that hasn't happened yet.
     
    wicked, Aug 23, 2015
    #48
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