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Personally, i don't think it's lazy journo. I think she handled it in the most professional manner possible. She could have gone to the administrator of the site but that would have taken even longer. She did what she had to do and used what she had at her disposal to get it without violating anyone. Plus, no one spoke to her or gave her an interview.
On the matter of the AP reporter...there are just some things the world does not need to see or if it is so imperative that it is seen, a good reporter would have known how best to put it in words.
Unfortunately some journo's do not know how to do that anymore so they do whatever else they can get the story out there. It may not be right, but, "if it bleeds, it leads" and that's what sells. Unfortunately that's what some journalism has come to these days.
As for where to draw the line... Personally, as a qualified journalist, and as a person with much integrity and ethics, i believe i would draw the line at "no comment". It might be the easy or cowardly way out, but i also believe if a story wants to come out, it will and the same goes for if it wants to stay hidden. If people want to talk they will come to you or any other journo on that beat.
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