The government didn't just have a passive role in this.

We believe at least 12 informants working for the FBI, as well as at least two undercover agents,

were mixed in with these people.

We love stories of heroes and villains, but what do we do when it's hard to tell the good and the bad guys apart?

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brandy Zedrosny.

Also on this week's show, a hacker makes an ethical

case for leaking stolen data sets to reporters. We say that data speaks for itself and that data

is only a part of the story. Plus, a priest is outed using grinder data. And while the source of the

information may be new,

the fights its feeding are very, very old.

There's this attack, really, at every level of the church that says gay men are not suited to be priests because they're a threat to children.

And you have this really unfortunate conflation between homosexuality and pedophilia.

It's all coming up after this.

From WNYC in New York, this is On the Media.

I'm Brandy Zedrosny.

You can usually find me at NBC News

where I'm a senior reporter covering the internet.

For the next couple of weeks, I'll be sitting in for Brooke while she takes a well-earned

vacation.

This week, the House Select Committee hearings on the January 6th insurrection began, and for

Capitol Hill police officers an opportunity to give their perspective on the events of the

day and the aftermath.

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