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Were there any document dumps shown to be inauthentic? I don't think it's in dispute that Wikileaks is biased; it has an overt anti-American military/foreign p
by linkregister 10y ago
Were there any document dumps shown to be inauthentic?
I don't think it's in dispute that Wikileaks is biased; it has an overt anti-American military/foreign policy stature. This is informed from Assange's experiences and upbringing. Assange shouldn't be expected to release documents that contradict his narrative. We don't get mad at RT.com for failing to expose Russian corruption or Voice of America for failing to report on U.S. bombings of noncombatants.
I agree WL's press releases and Tweets are inaccurate and opportunistic.
- natecavanaugh 10y agoI do get mad at those publications, though. I hate that people who claim moral/ethical authority act contradictory to those morals and explain it as either a means to justify some "greater" end (as if moral consistency wasn't hard enough for our species) or as some reason why their standards don't apply in their situation. Yet Wikileaks seems to be in some weird guerilla moral territory that basically every corporation seems to occupy. They provide some necessary good, and because of it, many of us ignore the bad. I don't think we should though. For anyone :/