Journalism - SquareOffs

Should the state investigate a reporter who exposed a flaw on a government website?

Asked by ABC 17 News

422 Votes

Should the state investigate a reporter who exposed a flaw on a government website?

23%

Yes Yes

77%

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Yes

Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday that the act was potentially criminal and that the state would investigate and potentially prosecute the reporter.

Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday that the act was potentially criminal and that the state would investigate and potentially prosecute the reporter. Show Less

4 Comments

Max

A responsible person would alert the State to this flaw so it could be corrected without costing money or danger to innocent victims. This so called journalist needs to do some hard jail time.

Will Mason

I voted yes due to the incredibly biased way your question is posed. The question should say " should the state investigate the reporterwho hacked the system." he did not do it to expose flaws. He did it to dig up dirt. Exposing the flaw was a side effect. Not the intent.

Vernon Taylor

Politically motivated and potentially (read most likely) criminal - that is an apt description of the St. Louis Post Disgrace.

77%

No

The reporter, who works for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reported that Social Security numbers on an education department website were easily accessible. The paper held the stor... Show More

The reporter, who works for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reported that Social Security numbers on an education department website were easily accessible. The paper held the story until it notified state officials. Show Less

3 Comments

Laura Davidson

At least HE found it!!

Wendi Newman

The reporter just did their job. Parson just doesn't want to take responsibility.

Max

If that is true, then the reporter can institute legal proceedings against Parson and get rich, unless the very biased press is not telling the truth. We will see.

Brian Jones

Because the reporter did nothing with the info except report it to the people that needed to fix it. Parsons has no clue of how to run Missouri.

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Should the state investigate a reporter who exposed a flaw on a government website?

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Yes Yes

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Do you think the News should be a dry recitation of facts?

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Journalism SquareOffs

Do you think Russia had grounds to detain the American journalist?

21% Yes Yes

79% No No

21% Yes

79% No

Should the state investigate a reporter who exposed a flaw on a government website?

23% Yes Yes

77% No No

23% Yes

77% No

Do you think the News should be a dry recitation of facts?

100% Yes, less bias Yes, less bias

0% No one would listen No one would listen

100% Yes, less bias

0% No one would listen

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No one would listen No one would listen

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