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Wiki-whacky
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.
[node:ad]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.
Dale Bass
November 29, 2010
What fickle creatures some
What fickle creatures some news people are! We spend our professional lives agitating for full disclosure, freedom of information, transparency, and open government and then somebody dumps an avalanche of documentation into our laps revealing how politicians and statesmen think and talk and influence public policy, and what do we do?
Well, people like Milligan and Gunter dismiss it as “gossip” and “paparazzi behavior” and tell us to “ignore” it. And make sniffy assumptions about the motivation of the messenger. Have we all become so engrained in the culture of secrecy and executive privilege that we feel comfortable in our little shell of not knowing-ness?
I don’t care if the Wikileaks material comes with context. I’m intelligent enough to provide my own context. I’m grateful for the fragments of insight into the squeaky gears of government and what passes for statesmanship..
November 30, 2010
And another interesting take:
And another interesting take: Assange has apparently decided to stop giving the stuff to the New York Times, so it’s getting it from the Guardian, which wants some other paper involved to avoid getting hit with injunctions. It’s a strange time.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45706.html