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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/jasonkoebler/statuses/113623906803373301">Jason Koebler (jasonkoebler@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 08:30:17 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jasonkoebler" title="jasonkoebler@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/162839-48-20230823223743.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Jason Koebler" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Jason Koebler</a><div><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jasonkoebler/113623883019760541" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>When people talk about Kash Patel and Trump "going after" journalists it doesn't just mean suing or trying to arrest them. It also means filing demands for information about their reporting and embroiling them in legal proceedings they have nothing to do with.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4153720#notice-8135050">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-12-11T08:30:17+09:00" title="Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 08:30:17 JST">about a month ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jasonkoebler/113623906803373301" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jasonkoebler/113623906803373301">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3674171">If we begin divulging our sources to the companies and governments we report on, we can no longer credibly offer vulnerable sources protection and those sources would understandably not trust us and would not be willing to talk to us. And so Paxton’s subpoena not only demands that we serve as an unwilling agent of the State of Texas, but also requires that we sacrifice our own hard-earned credibility to do so. At that point, we are no longer journalists, we are a quasi extension of state or corporate power.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/623/904/662/480/941/original/c5246f452dcf994f.png" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/623/904/662/480/941/original/c5246f452dcf994f.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Jason Koebler (jasonkoebler@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 08:30:17 JST Jason Koebler
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When people talk about Kash Patel and Trump "going after" journalists it doesn't just mean suing or trying to arrest them. It also means filing demands for information about their reporting and embroiling them in legal proceedings they have nothing to do with.
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1. If we begin divulging our sources to the companies and governments we report on, we can no longer credibly offer vulnerable sources protection and those sources would understandably not trust us and would not be willing to talk to us. And so Paxton’s subpoena not only demands that we serve as an unwilling agent of the State of Texas, but also requires that we sacrifice our own hard-earned credibility to do so. At that point, we are no longer journalists, we are a quasi extension of state or corporate power.
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