Comments on: NYT’s Keller Almost Ready to Admit WikiLeaks Is Journalism

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Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:05:04 +0000

[...] and free, apparently it is fine for the U.S. government to persecute a web-based publisher that is widely viewed as a journalistic entity, and is run by someone who isn’t even an American [...]

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Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:04:27 +0000

[...] Re: Wikileaks: New York Times executive editor Bill Keller edged toward defining WikiLeaks as something a lot like journalism, The Nation’s Greg Mitchell explained why the mainstream [...]

By: Mathew Ingram

Mathew Ingram — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:29:23 +0000

Great point, Jeff — thanks for the comment.

By: Jeffrey Dvorkin

Jeffrey Dvorkin — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:39:32 +0000

WikiLeaks is first draft journalism in much the same way that C-Span is. What gives MSM journalists hives is the Assange-factor: a somewhat opaque and highly polemicized self-promoter who may just be more open about his political attitudes than others. As journalism strives to deal with allegations of bias, Assange comes out and says that he actually DOES have an agenda. That is unfortunate, but MSM needs to figure out a way that this odd and somewhat insecure messenger does not distort the message.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:27:22 +0000

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By: John Barton

John Barton — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 05:50:56 +0000

Are you kidding? Any newspaper in the world would be willing to publish juicy stories based on documents they receive which reveal newsworthy behavior. The difference is that WikiLeaks doesn’t have a corporate master to bow to when it comes to what it publishes. It is the ultimate free-press.

With the existence of WikiLeaks governments have to either respond with the oppression that they are capable of and show the world that they will abuse power willingly and openly OR they will need to simply accept that the eyes of the world are on them and tighten up their behavior and their security.

By: quixote

quixote — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 02:04:02 +0000

> He holds the smoking gun.

The smoking gun of how governments abuse their powers.

By: don

don — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 15:48:03 +0000

Assange has admittedly co-conspired to obtain and print classified documents. He is NOT a journalist, regardless of any claims by anyone to the contrary. In a recent interview for TV he SAID he did not encourage the theft of such documents, but the fact that he willingly publishes / has published such documents is all the encouragement the so-called whistle-blowers need. He holds the smoking gun.

By: Mathew Ingram

Mathew Ingram — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 14:30:13 +0000

Yes, I agree — Keller’s portrayal of Assange is quite remarkable in how mean-spirited it is. I can’t think of another case in which a senior editor of a major media outlet has gone after a “source” in such a way. Thanks for the comment.

By: Mathew Ingram

Mathew Ingram — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 14:28:16 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Kitty — great points.