Congratulations to Dantruck for having the guts to try where I had already failed by addressing the topic of this thread.
In my experience on PPRuNe, the person with the best understanding of the balance between the interests of aviation industry workers and the needs of journalists is Capt PPRuNe himself. If only others here would follow his sensible example. t'ain't natural, I'm not convinced what you say about you and your friends is true; either way, I am appalled at your attitude.
Most people visit PPRuNE because they are interested in aviation, not to trawl for information in a professional capacity. If PPRuNers wish to tell me things they believe to be of interest (and quite a few do on a regular basis) they know where to find me. That's up to them.
Oh, and for those who (rather childishly IMHO) complained that Watergate was an inadequate example of public interest journalism because it happened in 1974, I refer you to the publication three days ago of the Stevens Report into collusion between security forces and paramilitaries in Northern Ireland. In his report, Sir John Stevens acknowledged the significant role played by the media in obtaining information and documents, subsequently passed to investigators, which would never otherwise have been uncovered - thus preventing more deaths.