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I'm not really sure what high and mighty role wikileaks can claim. Most major journalism outlets have ways for submitting information online anonymously. With t

by saboot 10y ago

I'm not really sure what high and mighty role wikileaks can claim. Most major journalism outlets have ways for submitting information online anonymously. With their editorial standards they can avoid many of the (in some cases deadly) mistakes wikileaks has done by publishing blindly.

admax88q 10y ago
> (in some cases deadly) Prove it. I have never seen any credible claim that wikileaks has had deadly mistakes.
- monsterix 10y ago
  He can't. Therefore, blame and run. And at the same time people like him with powers use their overreach to arrest and torture an individual without charges. Lame.
xnull2guest 10y ago
The American media hasn't avoided the deadly mistake of propagandizing the American public on the behalf of the US government into the Iraq war, for instance, and it has fed Americans a steady died of thinly veiled nationalism and imperialism with selective stories and whitewashing of American accountability for my entire adult life. Or - take the recent National Security Advisor's own bragging about making the US media into an echo chamber of support for controversial policies. Having myself submitted articles to major US news media syndicates, I can only express my frustration with their editorializing - as it consistently and repeatedly has rewritten very specifically chosen words into weasel words and apologisms, changing the meaning and implications of my articles. The worst part is that the editorializing (and choosing of misleading headlines) often actually makes the article read more clearly. Given the huge role of former propaganda directors and national security administrators in high levels of the US press today along with a very dependent relationship on the US government for access, stories and purchases - it's not at all surprising that the media functions in this manner. But that doesn't prevent it from being frustrating, or the US media from making 'deadly' mistakes.

by saboot 10y ago

admax88q 10y ago

> (in some cases deadly) Prove it. I have never seen any credible claim that wikileaks has had deadly mistakes.

monsterix 10y ago
He can't. Therefore, blame and run. And at the same time people like him with powers use their overreach to arrest and torture an individual without charges. Lame.

xnull2guest 10y ago

The American media hasn't avoided the deadly mistake of propagandizing the American public on the behalf of the US government into the Iraq war, for instance, and it has fed Americans a steady died of thinly veiled nationalism and imperialism with selective stories and whitewashing of American accountability for my entire adult life. Or - take the recent National Security Advisor's own bragging about making the US media into an echo chamber of support for controversial policies. Having myself submitted articles to major US news media syndicates, I can only express my frustration with their editorializing - as it consistently and repeatedly has rewritten very specifically chosen words into weasel words and apologisms, changing the meaning and implications of my articles. The worst part is that the editorializing (and choosing of misleading headlines) often actually makes the article read more clearly. Given the huge role of former propaganda directors and national security administrators in high levels of the US press today along with a very dependent relationship on the US government for access, stories and purchases - it's not at all surprising that the media functions in this manner. But that doesn't prevent it from being frustrating, or the US media from making 'deadly' mistakes.