Shafer: Paying Sources Isn't Wrong, Just Expensive
In response to the ongoing intrigue surrounding the Case of the Wayward iPhone, Slate’s Jack Shafer examines the moral and practical implications of paying sources for information. (Gawker Media ponied up $5,000 for its iPhone exclusive.)
Shafer says paying for information isn’t always bad, wondering aloud whether people would have minded if Daniel Ellsberg had charged The New York Times for a look at the Pentagon Papers, or whether it would have been so bad if some $$ had greased the skids to get the Abu Ghraib photos published sooner.
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