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Wikileaks sort of lost all credibility the moment they decided to become a tool for Putin and Co
by fenk85 9y ago
Wikileaks sort of lost all credibility the moment they decided to become a tool for Putin and Co
- jernejzen 9y agoAny proof for that claim?
- varjag 9y agoHere: https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/717458064324964352 https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/717458064324964352 Don't thank me.
- ryanlol 9y agoThis seems like a perfectly reasonable tweet in the context of discussions about Russian meddling, clearly it happens on both sides.
- varjag 9y agoAnd we clearly see which side Wikileaks is on.
- ryanlol 9y agoHow so?
- varjag 9y agoThey attempt to discredit Panama Papers, a leak that uncovered vast volumes of corruption worldwide. They try to tarnish it by associating with Soros conspiracy, which is near exclusively done by people supporting authoritarian regimes. A good marker on its own. They present Russia as the target/victim of the Papers, despite them implicating a number of Western European politicians and Ukraine's president. Unless one tries to be deliberately thick it's fairly clear which side they are on.
- whamlastxmas 9y agoI consider myself a fairly reasonable person and it's not as clear as you make it sound without having your own bias influencing it. Saying only facists are against Soros is silly. Soros has inarguably had a massive influence on politics and there are many reasons to dislike the platforms he's supported.
- varjag 9y agoI didn't say only fascists, I said authoritarian types. And I maintain people ambivalent or opposed to them are not prone to Soros conspiracy theories. Make a thought experiment. Would you say you do not in any way support the policies and rhetoric of Orban, Putin, Trump, Assad, Chavez/Maduro? Without ifs, buts and what-about-Obamas.
- jernejzen 9y agoRight. But this is just some news post and a claim but nothing that would say they are biased or even a tool in hands of somebody.
- whamlastxmas 9y agoCNN said so after reading the wikileaks documents that they said they are legally allowed to look at but I'm not. So I take their word on it. /s