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A lot of people in the USA were fans of Wikileaks when it was almost entirely anti the current administration of the time, which was Bush Jr. Not by design but
by andirk 4y ago
A lot of people in the USA were fans of Wikileaks when it was almost entirely anti the current administration of the time, which was Bush Jr. Not by design but because that's who was in charge of the illegal offensive wars at the time. But then the diplomatic cable leaks in 2010 included high profile Democratic party leaders, and that's when I believe people not only turned their backs on Wikileaks but leaks in general. They already knew their enemies were garbage and they didn't want to admit their own were too.
- keewee7 4y agoMost people were supportive of their leaks that were critical of the Obama administration aggressive use of drone strikes, his support for Israel etc. It was only when they turned out to be pro-Russian propagandists that the support turned.
- loup-vaillant 4y agoWikileaks, pro-Russian propagandists? I believe they have leaks on Russia too, so we're gonna need something more solid than "published documents that happened to come from Russian agents".
- ix-ix 4y agoAnd selectively not leak documents that would hurt the Russian agenda of having Trump be president.
- loup-vaillant 4y agoIt's unclear to me that there was anything to leak. I mean, Trump's scandals were pretty public already, and people voted for him all the same.
- jonathanstrange 4y agoThis narrative is fictitious, though. It's not as if an alleged leaker of such content couldn't possibly have sent it elsewhere...
- 0110101001 4y agoAssange had a TV show on Russian state TV.