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In response to "Discuss this ethical quandary from Italy: Author has been writing books for years, has given written interviews but no book tours, wants anonymity" by Max

I feel bad for the author, but anonymity is never a guarantee. I side with the journalists.

Posted by ML (aka Iadodger) Oct 3 '16, 13:37

It's a matter of public interest.

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But what's the public interest in this case, exactly? -- nm* - Roger More Oct 3, 13:47 12
- Anything in commerce is in the public interest, even if it's mundane. Ask the question: should there be a law limiting free speech to analyze art and - Max Oct 3, 13:51 6
  - No - because as you said when you started the thread, this isn't a legal issue, just an ethical one. -- nm - Roger More Oct 3, 13:53 5
    - I think one begets the other. But, I can see that argument compared to the ethics of reprinting the end of a novel or a movie. -- (edited) - Max Oct 3, 13:55 4
      - So the journo wanted to be famous for uncovering her real identity. -- nm - . Oct 3, 14:26
      - I don't think so. If you tell me a secret and I tell it to a journalist, who then publishes it, what legal recourse do you have? - Roger More Oct 3, 13:59 2
        
        I tacked on a statement above, but what I meant was that looking at the law can help reason out the ethics. -- nm - Max Oct 3, 14:00 1
        
        The law is pretty selective at what it looks at, and it doesn't have its basis in ethics. -- nm - Roger More Oct 3, 14:07
- The ID of a writer of very popular books. Did ya'll have a problem when the Sunday Times unmasked Robert Galbraith to be JK Rowling? -- nm* - ML Oct 3, 13:50 1
  - The purpose of that nom de plume was probably different. - . Oct 3, 13:55
- Journalism does not have a public interest test it needs to meet. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Oct 3, 13:50 2
  - It doesn't, but if a story doesn't appeal to the public it won't be written. - ML Oct 3, 13:51 1
    - Thanks, I was asking to get an understanding of what definition of public interest you were referring to. -- nm - Roger More Oct 3, 13:55

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