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* In [[The Movie]] of ''[[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]]'', Rorschach sends his diary to [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|Not The]] ''[[Conspiracy Theorist|Weekly World News]]'' before the big showdown. At the end a writer is sent to dig through the "crank file" for a story, but it's ambiguous as to whether the journal was chosen or not.

* ''[[Serenity]]'', the [[Trope Namer]] -- the heroes use the late [[Knowledge Broker|Mr Universe's]] equipment to broadcast the truth about Miranda and "Pax" to the four corners of the 'verse.

* ''[[The Core]]'': [[The Rat]] sends the details of the {{spoiler|government earthquake-weapon research}} to all the world's news outlets.

* ''[[The Bourne Ultimatum]]''.

* The second half of ''[[Blue Thunder]]'' involves getting a video tape to a TV broadcasting station, despite various attempts by the conspirators to intercept it.

* Subverted at the end of ''[[Three Days of the Condor]]''. Turner reveals to CIA chief Higgins that he's had told everything to the ''New York Times''. But as Turner walks away...

 

 

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* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'', when the crew finds out about the [[Mega Corp|Wormgate Corporation]]'s [[Ancient Conspiracy]] to suppress the [[Teleporters and Transporters|teraport]] drive, [[Mad Scientist|Kevyn]] turns the invention open-source and submits the schematics to literally ''everybody''. He ends up sparking a galaxy-wide revolution, as practically ''everybody'' who had been prevented from fighting each other due to the Wormgate Network can suddenly go shoot each other whenever they want. Or, to put it in perspective for him:

** When Kevyn is later arrested by the UNS for treason (having submitted his schematics to, amongst others, known enemies of humanity), he asks if there's any chance he can plea-bargain down to the charge of "Grand Spamming". [[Lemony Narrator|The narrator]] helpfully informs us that's not a very large step, and that if you have to plea-bargain ''down'' to Grand Spamming you were ''really'' deep in it to begin with.