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Published: 06/25/10

The Death of JournoList: Does Privacy End at the Edge of Your Thoughts?

By  Walter Shapiro - Politics Daily
The Death of JournoList: Does Privacy End at the Edge of Your Thoughts?

The life and death of a 3-year-old members-only online liberal bulletin board is a story that normally would offer all the searing drama of a public television pledge drive. But the sudden collapse of JournoList Friday afternoon -- after the private e-mails of Washington Post blogger Dave Weigel were maliciously leaked -- offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of candor in an age when everybody (and not just Big Brother) is watching. Founded in early 2007 by the youthful Ezra Klein, now a columnist for The Washington Post, JournoList was a private bull session which brought together ...

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