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I also think a flipped version of this is also valid: Assange clearly was selective about release of information and timed his releases to affect political out
by api 4y ago
I also think a flipped version of this is also valid:
Assange clearly was selective about release of information and timed his releases to affect political outcomes, which discredited him in my eyes and many others.
But that just adds to the pile doesn't it? It shows that trustworthy agenda-free journalism is exceedingly rare even in the "alternative" media and activist journalism world.
If you have an audience that trusts you, you have power. Power corrupts.
I don't think there ever was an age in which journalism was significantly more trustworthy than today. I think we just had fewer options and less opportunity to look behind the curtain.
- chordalkeyboard 4y agoit is impossible to have journalism without an agenda.
- whatshisface 4y ago>Assange clearly was selective about release of information and timed his releases to affect political outcomes, which discredited him in my eyes The Guardian also timed the release of the Snowden leaks, what do you think about that? They were very careful about how they did it, and dripped it out to keep it in the headlines because they, as a newspaper, knew how the headlines worked. They were also selective. Also, what are you challenging when you say he is "discredited" in your eyes? Surely not the veracity of the information, which isn't impacted by the timing of its release.
- starik36 4y ago> Assange clearly was selective about release of information So did the rest of the American media, starting with the Biden laptop fiasco. I don't see anyone from news orgs being under arrest and not charged for the past 10 years.
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