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Julian Assange scoops top journalism prize
- deleted 15y ago[deleted]
- andrewcross 15y agoBased on the definition of the award, it's all but impossible to think of anyone who even came close to deserving it! Definition: "…celebrates journalism that challenges secrecy and mendacity in public affairs and raises ‘forgotten’ issues of public importance, without fear or favor, working against the grain of government spin"
- lawmath 15y agoWhy is this on here?
- OpenAlgorithm 15y agoPresumably because he was a former computer hacker and of course the fact that it is a high tech website which uses unique and technologically advanced methods to discover new information and keep the identity of sources secret.
- InclinedPlane 15y agoBecause wikileaks represents using the disruptive power of the internet to transform the very fundamental conceptions of government transparency and of journalism. That's very relevant to internet business folks and to hackers.
- armored 15y agoIf it's really a "top journalism prize" you don't need to call it "top journalism prize". You just call it by name. Like "Pulitzer Prize". Which he deserves.