Without getting into a "Rights and Responsabilities" discussion for now, what about the following?
A reporter for a major "whistleblower" type newspaper is leaked documents of a sensitive military nature. Reporting this information could jeopardize national security. Does the reporter have a responsability to report / not report the story? Is it the reporter's place to decide the sensitivity of the information, or its impact on national security?
What if the information is instead the political strategy of a major party? Does it matter? Does the source (stolen or leaked) matter?
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