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> Do remember that the Panama Papers whistleblower got mysteriously car-bombed. Remember? As far as I am aware the whistleblower is still anonymous. Where did
by chalst 5y ago
> Do remember that the Panama Papers whistleblower got mysteriously car-bombed.
Remember? As far as I am aware the whistleblower is still anonymous. Where did you get your information?
People who believe the elite control the media seem to often be very credulous towards claims that don't come from elites.
- jcbrand 5y agoIs the Guardian elite enough for you? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/16/malta-car-bomb-kills-panama-papers-journalist https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/16/malta-car-bomb... Not the whistleblower, but the journalist who investigated it. Now, before you say this is proof that journalists are impartial and not beholden to elites... this is proof that journalists who act against the interests of the powerful and wealthy get terminated. Other "journalists" see this and take note. That's the stick. Then there are also the carrots.
- chalst 5y agoDaphne Caruana Galizia was not the Panama Papers whistleblower. She was a whistleblower who used the revelations of the Panama Papers to join up the dots in her own enquiries into corruption in Malta. It's worth noting her killers got caught and the senior figures in the government who she accused of creating "a culture of impunity" were removed from power. There's a lot of things I don't like about elitist journalism, but there's a whole class of investigative journalism that got done better in the old model than today. Cf. Evgeny Morozov.