They were formed as being something more than [ed: for example] https://cryptome.org/ https://cryptome.org/ Specifically with aim of getting more publicity in

They were formed as being something more than [ed: for example] https://cryptome.org/ https://cryptome.org/ Specifically with aim of getting more publicity in mainstream media. There's always been some concerns about why Wikileaks felt the need to rise so much money: https://web.archive.org/web/20101210045502/http://mail.kein.org/pipermail/nettime-l/2010-December/002495.html https://web.archive.org/web/20101210045502/http://mail.kein.... Note: personally I'm happy both cryptome and Wikileaks exist - but critising Wikileaks for being a media organization - one that claims to do some journalistic work, and hence apply a certain viewpoint - misses the fact that that's the whole reason it exists. There were other leak sites, earlier leaks - and deafening silence in mainstream media. It's sort of the difference between "room 614a" and Snowden.