DISCLAIMER: Please note that my title reads "some of the media". I don't wish to disparage the responsible members of this profession.
The Kobe Bryant case has really brought out a pet peeve of mine. Because the name of the accuser has been released on some separate occasions, it is information that I found months ago, and is readily available to anyone willing to do the work to find it. However, I have had no problem in not releasing the name in my posts or discussion of the case because, well, it just isn't appropriate.
Many members of the media, however, have no ability to make this common sense distinction. They can't discriminate between newsworthy information and that which should remain under a shroud of confidentiality, at least for a time. It is for this reason, among others, that defense department briefings have been rather generic and specific information isn't usually revealed; with a journalist who has trouble making such common sense distinctions, there is a great chance of endangering the lives of our troops who continue to occupy a hostile war zone.
In short, a scoop is a scoop is a scoop. But a scoop should never come at the price of one's journalistic integrity.
just my two cents,
Gideon MacLeish