Is it ethically okay for journalists to mine hacked Sony emails for stories?

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It’s all part of the master plan. Part of incorporating ethics in game journalism into daily life.

Presence of "recognized reporters" in comments increases civility

The title of the article is a little misleading, but: “We combed through the academic literature to understand the criteria that had been used in the past to indicate deliberative and civil conversations,” Stroud said. “Each comment was evaluated for whether it was civil, was relevant, provided some form of evidence, and asked a genuine question.” One surprisingly easy thing they found that brought civil, relevant comments: the presence of a recognized reporter wading into the comments. Se…