whistleblowers
Expose hidden wrongdoing
Whistleblowers are people who expose wrongdoing within an organization, typically by reporting illegal activity, fraud, or safety violations to authorities or the public.
The term evokes someone blowing a whistle to sound an alarm.
Whistleblowers often face retaliation despite legal protections: The whistleblower revealed the company had been dumping toxic waste for years.
Investigative journalism piece
- leaksUnwanted fluid escapes
- sourcesPoints of origin
- deep-throatSecret high-level informant
- documentsFormal written records
cover-up · corruption · misconduct · accountability · scandal · tip-off · anonymous · protection
exposé
Investigative journalism piece
- leaksUnwanted fluid escapes
- sourcesPoints of origin
- deep-throatSecret high-level informant
documents · cover-up · corruption · misconduct · accountability · scandal · tip-off · anonymous · protection · retaliation
- government ethicsethics board, ethics committee, ethics rules, ethics violation, ethics violations
- police reformpolice brutality, police misconduct, body cameras, community oversight, qualified immunity
- reformersreformers, reformer, social reformers, social reformer, political reformer
- WhistleblowersEdward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Deep Throat, leakers, exposers
- mediatelevision, mass media, news, broadcasting, video
- Modern AmericaCOVID-19, pandemic, Great Recession, 9/11, Iraq War
whistleblowersloyalists
Faithful to established authority
enablers · accomplices · co-conspirators · collaborators · company men
whistleblowersconcealers
Products that mask blemishes
suppressors · fixers · bagmen · enforcers · whitewashers
whistleblowerscensors
Those who suppress content
redactors · classifiers · obstructors · shredders · silencers
- whistleblower protectionLaws shielding those who report misconduct
- whistleblower lawsRules protecting those reporting misconduct
- whistleblower retaliationPunishing those who report misconduct