An online journalist's home gets raided; so why aren't we more angry?
Updated: 2010-04-30 05:22:00
About Mission Statement History Advisory Board Staff Sponsoring Institutions Blogs Leadership 3.0 Blog OJR : The Online Journalism Review News for Digital Journalists Seminars Speakers How to Apply Training Resources Multimedia Training New Media Resources Contact OJR : The Online Journalism Review April 29, 2010 An online journalist's home gets raided so why aren't we more angry By Robert Hernandez 1 comment Archive Link Let's gets this out of the way . There are a lot of unknowns here and probably lots of potential shady things yet to come out . This story , no doubt , has legs⦠and lots of . them But , I have to say , I'm starting to feel really disappointed in the lack of outrage journalists are having to the Gizmodo raid . Maybe I've completely missed it , but we should be up in
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