Does the press have an ethical duty to out powerful gays in tech?
In the end, I can't help but notice that this now makes two Apple CEOs in a row where the press has struggled to define limits covering their private lives. Jobs’ health issues are still the subject of speculation (and a recent tasteless photograph that I will not link), and there, too, many journalists argued that his health was practically public domain because of shareholder interest. With Steve stepping down, the debate moves from a CEO's health to a CEO's sexuality. Voyeurism isn't the right word, but whatever it is, it is still there. We've just moved the justification of our journalistic ingress into private lives from shareholder interest to social justice.
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As soon as Tim Cook was announced to be the next Apple CEO, his private life was put in the spotlight because of an article by Reuters' journalist. I don't understand why, according to some, gay people must report on their intimacy and make it a news story. Reminds me of some decent journalist who said a dozen years ago why he avoids reporting on celebrities' private life: “I'm not anybody's bed cover”.
