Once again, Wikileaks is doing the job that supposedly serious journalists should be doing; questioning a nation’s war mission: The publication now over 3,000 cables sent by US diplomats in The Hague to Washington is no coincidence, Julian Assange of the Wikileaks organisation, told Nos tv on Sunday. Dutch journalists approached Wikileaks looking for information…
Wikileaks
Wikileaks is one of the biggest and most important stories in the world, challenging governments and journalists alike. I’ve been writing extensively about the group since 2006, featured an exclusive interview in 2008 with founder Julian Assange and examined the myriad of issues around the website. Assange himself asked me in the early days whether I wanted to be on the group’s board to vet incoming leaks and determine their veracity before publishing. I agreed but unfortunately this never eventuated.
Thank you, State Department, for showing us your hypocrisy
Oh the irony: The US State Department has released their list of films for the 2011 “American Documentary Showcase,” a program that brings their approved documentaries to audiences around the world to “offer a view of American society and culture.” Amongst the list of selected titles, surprisingly, was “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel…
Repeat after me; there was no Wikileaks revolution in Tunisia
Jillian York asks the ever-eager Western press to take a long, cold shower and actually ask Tunisians themselves if the internet/Twitter/Facebook/Wikileaks seriously contributed to the downfall of President Ben Ali. In a word, no.
What media should be learning post-Wikileaks
Me today at the Wikileaks rally in Sydney: The key issue is – what is Wikileaks telling us about the world? What are the documents Wikileaks is releasing saying to us about how our governments behave? And what is says is very, very clear – confirming in some way what many of us might have…
NSW Greens MP explains why Wikileaks matters
Here’s the AAP story on today’s Wikileaks rally in Sydney: More than a thousand advocates of free speech have taken to the streets of Sydney in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Australian-born Mr Assange has enraged the United States by leaking American diplomatic cables that embarrassed world leaders. He is currently on bail in…
Notes from today’s speech in Sydney to support Wikileaks
Today’s rally in Sydney was a good event, attracting around 1000 people, all of whom wanted to show solidarity with what Wikileaks stands for; transparency and real free speech. My speech addressed the often complicity of the mainstream media in keeping government secrets away from the public. They want to be gate-keepers, close to power.…
Default position of US media elite is to urge violence against everybody
The frequency with which supposedly respectable mainstream commentators write about violence and killing civilians is handily compiled by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. Remind me why these cretins continue to be published? Because they beautifully serve US foreign policy: The discussion of violent and paranoid rhetoric in the media is long overdue, whether or not…
Why Wikileaks is so dangerous for the ruling class
Julian Assange speaks exclusively to John Pilger in this week’s New Statesman: I think what’s emerging in the mainstream media is the awareness that if I can be indicted, other journalists can, too. Even the New York Times is worried. This used not to be the case. If a whistleblower was prosecuted, publishers and reporters…
Wikileaks fight back
Good on them: “WikiLeaks condemns US embargo move” WikiLeaks today condemned calls from the chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security to “strangle the viability” of WikiLeaks by placing the publisher and its editor-in-chief, Julian Assange, on a US “enemies list” normally reserved for terrorists and dictators. Placement on the US “Specially Designated National…