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RE: Zodiac case solved? ‘Case Breakers’ group makes an ID, but police say it doesn’t hold up
I found the refusal to publish a name interesting too. I wonder if there was a precedent for that, or if the zodiac case helped lay the groundwork for that as policy.
I was wondering that too. It seems like this policy might be specific to the Zodiac case, but as a matter of journalistic integrity, I think a policy like this might make sense when reporting on many/most criminal investigations. There is a need to balance between reporting news and reporting gossip.