Blog Post 39

I feel that it is not ethically right to participate in the newsroom culture Murdoch fostered. This is because we are not respecting others’ privacy, we are not respecting others’ rights and we are doing the wrong thing because we do not have their permission.

Firstly, we are not respecting others’ privacy. Whatever information is contained in their phones, most of them are private. We should respect their privacy, and not hack into their phones. Furthermore, after hacking into their phones, we spread the information to the whole world. How would the victims feel? There was once when my friend hacked into another friend’s phone and read all his messages. In the end, the victim was extremely sad as he felt that the other boy invaded his privacy.

Secondly, we are not respecting others’ rights. People set passwords into their phones for a reason. It is because they do not want others to see what is inside it. By hacking into their phones, we are not respecting their rights. I had once been a victim before. Someone hacked into my phone and sent random messages to random people. I felt that my rights were not respected and thus I feel that if we do not want people to do the same thing to us, we should not do it to them too.

Lastly, we are doing the wrong thing because we do not have their permission. When we do not have their permission, we should not try to access the content of their phones. This will make them feel much disrespected. Just like when people take our things without permission, we will feel hurt too.

In conclusion, because of the above three reasons, I feel that it is not ethically right to participate in the newsroom culture Murdoch fostered.