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> Wikileaks are press. Wikileaks are most assuredly not the press.
by res0nat0r 12y ago
> Wikileaks are press.
Wikileaks are most assuredly not the press.
- netcan 12y agoWhat makes you say that? From wikipedia: "WikiLeaks is an international, non-profit,[3] journalistic[6][7][8] organisation, which publishes secret information, news leaks,[9] and classified media from anonymous sources.[3][10]." Based on the number of references for that sentence, I think we can conclude you are not the only one disputing this. What's your definition of press or what disqualifies Wikleaks?
- TeMPOraL 12y agoWhich probably makes them much better. 99.9% of what the press does is waste of precious resources at best, and quite often socially harmful activity.
- res0nat0r 12y agoJournalists don't dump whole swaths of information to the public like they've just done without vetting that it is relevant to the public interest.
- TeMPOraL 12y agoI agree, I even referred to that here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9394297 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9394297. But here my point is, the press instead dumps whole swaths of radioactive waste pretending to be "information" on public that is definitely not in the public interest.