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I love how they thoughtfully go ahead and provide a headline-ready name for the data set now. "Cablegate." At this point the Watergate should just assign room
by jasonkolb 14y ago
I love how they thoughtfully go ahead and provide a headline-ready name for the data set now.
"Cablegate."
At this point the Watergate should just assign rooms scandal names ending in -Gate instead of room numbers.
- jdotjdot 14y agoActually, I think that would be a huge selling point for the hotel. That would be hilarious. "Ooh, what controversy is YOUR room?! I have [Antennagate!][1]" [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antennagate#Antenna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antennagate#Antenna
- Korvin 14y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scandals_with_%22-gate%22_suffix http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scandals_with_%22-gate%...
- bvdbijl 14y agoThere's a nice British comedy sketch about naming everything -gate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB9JgxhXW5w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB9JgxhXW5w
- oakesm9 14y agoThe advert I got for that YouTbue video started with a Lionsgate logo...
- sold 14y agoThat name was already used in 2010. I don't know who made it up.
- mcphilip 14y ago"Cablegate" has been used for at least the last 2.5 years. It's unclear after a good 15 minutes of googling who first started calling the leaked cables Cablegate, but here's an example from pbs back in Nov, 2010: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2010/11/digging-into-wikileaks-cablegate.html http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2010/11/digging-into-wik...