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Has anyone on HN donated to Wikileaks? I have to admit I'm afraid to do so.
by grandalf 16y ago
Has anyone on HN donated to Wikileaks? I have to admit I'm afraid to do so.
- rdl 16y agoI do think they did a more respectable job of releasing this information than they did with the Iraq Apache guncam footage. It's unedited, relatively unbiased, and they did go out of their way to redact specific irrelevant but potentially damaging information (names of Afghans). I think the involvement of "real journalists" probably helped a lot.
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- grandalf 16y agoI agree. They showed a bit of discretion and also managed to provide a resource to established media outlets. With this sort of collaboration, vetting, etc, I really think it's hard to make the case that Wikileaks is a bad thing. In this case it empowered/emboldened the NY Times to write a series of stories that never would have been written.
- DenisM 16y agoI did a few months ago, before the controversial Apache video. Still here. :)
- arethuza 16y agoWhy would you be afraid?
- grandalf 16y agoThe US appears to be close to declaring Assange a terrorist. Do I want to be documented as having donated to a terrorist organization? Not sure.
- brl 16y agoIf pure journalism is declared a terrorist activity in your country, you've got bigger problems than appearing on a list of Wikileaks donors.