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Wikileaks can't appear to be unbiased to those who will perceive them as biased as a result of releasing info that may hurt Hillary Clinton. What would they ha

Wikileaks can't appear to be unbiased to those who will perceive them as biased as a result of releasing info that may hurt Hillary Clinton. What would they have to do to appear unbiased but still be able to release information damaging to the DNC and Clintons?

fixermark 10y ago
They could definitely appear less biased if they reigned in their Twitter account a bit. https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/787079640661786624 https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/787079640661786624
burkaman 10y ago
Release documents, and only publicly comment on their own releases and their own business. Don't argue with people on Twitter, don't comment on Clinton scandals that have nothing to do with their leaks, don't speculate about the "ruling class" without evidence, don't offer a reward for information on Seth Rich with only "wink wink" as a reason, don't make vaguely anti-Semitic comments for no reason and then delete them, etc. If they only used Twitter to make announcements and highlight interesting documents, I think they would be orders of magnitude more trustworthy. Let the documents speak for themselves, and let other people write the commentary.
jryle80 10y ago
The leak won't make those who support Clinton change their mind. Those hate her will feel vindicated. Those undecided will stay skeptical. In other words, it has done no harm. If they are truly unbiased, they should release all the information they've got at once; or hold onto it until after the election; or also release other information they've got about Trump and other countries. Let the readers decide. The fact that they release the emails in daily batches clearly shows they have an agenda and want to influence the outcome of the election. Which is fine, if that's what they aim for.
JumpCrisscross 10y ago
The Panama Papers journalists managed a fair balance. They vetted and presented the papers while defending their sources' integrity and anonymity. Interpretation was left to third parties.
- skylan_q 10y ago
  The Panama papers were released by the US gov't to target enemies. How many of you people are on the banking elite's payroll? :(

fixermark 10y ago

They could definitely appear less biased if they reigned in their Twitter account a bit. https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/787079640661786624 https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/787079640661786624

burkaman 10y ago

Release documents, and only publicly comment on their own releases and their own business. Don't argue with people on Twitter, don't comment on Clinton scandals that have nothing to do with their leaks, don't speculate about the "ruling class" without evidence, don't offer a reward for information on Seth Rich with only "wink wink" as a reason, don't make vaguely anti-Semitic comments for no reason and then delete them, etc. If they only used Twitter to make announcements and highlight interesting documents, I think they would be orders of magnitude more trustworthy. Let the documents speak for themselves, and let other people write the commentary.

jryle80 10y ago

The leak won't make those who support Clinton change their mind. Those hate her will feel vindicated. Those undecided will stay skeptical. In other words, it has done no harm. If they are truly unbiased, they should release all the information they've got at once; or hold onto it until after the election; or also release other information they've got about Trump and other countries. Let the readers decide. The fact that they release the emails in daily batches clearly shows they have an agenda and want to influence the outcome of the election. Which is fine, if that's what they aim for.

JumpCrisscross 10y ago

The Panama Papers journalists managed a fair balance. They vetted and presented the papers while defending their sources' integrity and anonymity. Interpretation was left to third parties.

skylan_q 10y ago
The Panama papers were released by the US gov't to target enemies. How many of you people are on the banking elite's payroll? :(