Showing posts with label New York Times journalists Pierre Haske. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York Times journalists Pierre Haske. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Privacy and accomplices of the powerful journalists

One of the things that the affair Strauss-Kahn highlighted is typically French attitude that is consumed in the name of respect for privacy: ilNew York Times calls him "The Code of Silence", a form of privacy that is carried to excess which is now under consideration and mea culpa. The Code follows a clear ritual: "A scandal threatens to destroy the reputation of a powerful figure in France.