Didn't We Know All This Already? Ctd

Ackerman's guide to the Wikileaks document dump:

There's a bias in journalism toward believing that what's secret is
inherently a hive of hidden truth. That operating principle animates
reporters' practice of breaking down governmental secrecy. But it can
also create a misleading expectation that leaks represent huge new
revelations. And when those revelations don't manifest, it creates an
expectation that the trove is neither useful nor significant. In this
case, that would be a mistake.

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