Comments on: New York Times, Al-Jazeera Do An End-Run Around WikiLeaks

By: NYT’s Keller Almost Ready to Admit WikiLeaks Is Journalism: Tech News and Analysis «

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:04:47 +0000

[...] Meanwhile, the New York Times has talked about possibly creating its own digital tip box where sources could leak documents instead of sending them to [...]

By: This Week in Review: WikiLeaks’ new rivals, Ongo’s aggregation play, and Demand Media makes a splash » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:32:13 +0000

[...] couple of writers weighed in with thoughtful takes on these developments: Mathew Ingram of GigaOM suggested that leakers might still prefer WikiLeaks because it allows them freedom from relying on only one [...]

By: Corrupted Mind

Corrupted Mind — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:21:13 +0000

It’s a nice try but there has been nothing to stop individuals from releasing information to newspapers/media organisations for years. The problem for potential leakers has always been “how do I ensure that the information is published quickly?” or “how do I ensure that an editorial decision doesn’t mean my leak is buried?” or “how can I prevent advertisers from shutting down stories they don’t like?” Moreover, corporate legal in large newspapers are notoriously conservative – especially where large scale legal action might bankrupt (money poor) newspapers. On top of all of those considerations there are international issues, if for example the diplomatic cables were only leaked to the NYT or Al-Jazeera how do you prevent only the local stories from being published?

All of these questions mean that for “big bang” type leaks there is still a need for an independent leak handling organisation. Whilst Assange’s conduct detracts somewhat from some stories – he continues to raise the organisations profile and his daring do will appeal to some potential leakers. OpenLeaks is an unknown quantity and no-one except tech geeks will know they exist until they snare a big story.

By: Neil Kitson

Neil Kitson — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:15:29 +0000

Why would anybody release anything to the Times? Their initial cable release was accompanied by a character assassination of Assange; they sat on the NSA wiretapping story for a year (until after the 2006 election); and they regurgitated Judy Miller’s propaganda. Would the Times have published any cables at all if it weren’t for WikiLeaks?

By: Dawn J. Knight

Dawn J. Knight — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:09:37 +0000

If I had something to leak I wouldn’t leak it to a paper that is totally run by corporations and influenced by our corrupt government. People turn to alternative press in order to read some inkling of truth. The AP is nothing more athat the 5:00 o’clock follies. It is fed to us through media organizations like the New York Times and NBC. The American people are awake now. And, I don’t believe that a leopard can change it’s spots. The Times having a Wikileaks like hotline would be nothing more that a rouse. A way for the government stop the story. Count the number of true journalists that have been killed in the past 10 years. Well over 1,000! Watch reporters, Jane and Steve expose the corporate control over our media sources. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZkDikRLQrw

By: Atul

Atul — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:34:42 +0000

Wikileaks is dead! Long live Wikileaks!!