A 'whistleblower is a person who brings to light something illegal or dishonest done by an individual or an organisation. It is considered a honest thing to do.
Bradley Manning who downloaded all details of diplomatic communications to wiki-leaks was described as being one - then and now.
Now, Edward Snowdenn, who has brought to light the manner in which the United States was snooping on all electronic communications, via The Guardian, was labelled a whistleblower by the newspaper.
But not so the Associated Press, a news cooperative. It wants him to be identified as a 'leaker' or a 'source'. A memo by the AP's standards editor - who determines style of writing, said, it was part of their "general effort to avoid labels and instead describe behaviour". .
Read about it here on www.huffingtonpost.com. The news organisation, AP, is okay with other terms, like he "leaked, exposed, or revealed classified information".
Another piece on the huffingtonpost goes to the extent of saying that Snoden is neither a hero nor a traitor, but a criminal. Is that the reason a newsorganisation decide on calling a whistleblower a leaker?
What according to you does this nuanced change from whistleblower to other descriptions mean?
Bradley Manning who downloaded all details of diplomatic communications to wiki-leaks was described as being one - then and now.
Now, Edward Snowdenn, who has brought to light the manner in which the United States was snooping on all electronic communications, via The Guardian, was labelled a whistleblower by the newspaper.
But not so the Associated Press, a news cooperative. It wants him to be identified as a 'leaker' or a 'source'. A memo by the AP's standards editor - who determines style of writing, said, it was part of their "general effort to avoid labels and instead describe behaviour". .
Read about it here on www.huffingtonpost.com. The news organisation, AP, is okay with other terms, like he "leaked, exposed, or revealed classified information".
Another piece on the huffingtonpost goes to the extent of saying that Snoden is neither a hero nor a traitor, but a criminal. Is that the reason a newsorganisation decide on calling a whistleblower a leaker?
What according to you does this nuanced change from whistleblower to other descriptions mean?
