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So, the consensus about the latest Wikileaks posting is that we Canadians won’t get mad at Obama, even if he said nasty things about us. But some pundits are wondering if it’s journalism, including U.S. columnist Susan Milligan and the National Post’s Lorne Gunter. Without context, it seems to me to be nothing more than…

So, the consensus about the latest Wikileaks posting is that we Canadians won’t get mad at Obama, even if he said nasty things about us. But some pundits are wondering if it’s journalism, including U.S. columnist Susan Milligan and the National Post’s Lorne Gunter. Without context, it seems to me to be nothing more than creating one massive reference site for political junkies — it’s making news, but it isn’t journalism.

So, the consensus about the latest Wikileaks posting is that we Canadians won’t get mad at Obama, even if he said nasty things about us. But some pundits are wondering if it’s journalism, including U.S. columnist Susan Milligan and the National Post’s Lorne Gunter. Without context, it seems to me to be nothing more than creating one massive reference site for political junkies — it’s making news, but it isn’t journalism.

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