A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Secrecy is what is known, but not to everyone. Privacy is what allows us to keep what we know to ourselves.
Lawyers, judges, doctors, shrinks, accountants, investigators and, not least, journalists could not do the most basic tasks without a veil of secrecy. Why shouldn't the same be true of those professionals who happen to be government officials?
Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.
A key purpose of journalism is to provide an adversarial check on those who wield the greatest power by shining a light on what they do in the dark, and informing the public about those acts.
As an old reporter, we have a few secrets, and the first thing is we try the phone book.
I'm good at keeping secrets.
Confidentiality is an ancient and well-warranted social value.
Usually you kind of give the President a pass on leaking confidential stuff.
I value my ability to keep state secrets.
Secrecy is the foundation of politics.
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