WikiLeaks and Journalistic Ethics

An interesting post, especially this excerpt from a Reason magazine article:

...The existence of WikiLeaks is a good thing. You can’t be in favor of democracy—and you certainly can’t be a journalist—if you don’t believe that the potential for exposure of wrongdoings helps keep those in positions of power accountable. However, just because something can be published doesn’t mean it should be. Privacy is not the same as “secretive” or “clandestine” or “obfuscating.” As a society, we benefit from the Internet’s unrivaled ability to blast infinite information freely. But that ability does not mean everything ought to be shared. If we have a “right to know” the contents of Hillary Clinton’s private communications with her staff, do we have a right to see photos of her showering, to hear tapes of her snoring, to read stolen letters she wrote to her parents?...