> not because of some technicality but because Wikileaks have a very flexible relationship with basic principles of good journalism and are clearly prepared to

> not because of some technicality but because Wikileaks have a very flexible relationship with basic principles of good journalism and are clearly prepared to play politics when it suits them. By that definition there's hardly anyone who could be called a journalist. It's also a textbook example of a "no true scotsman" fallacy. A journalist is someone who does journalistic work, so he's a journalist, even if he's a bad one.