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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 07:26 PM
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In Case You Missed This: 'In WikiLeaks Fight, U.S. Journalists Take A Pass' - McClatchy
By Nancy A. Youssef | McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — Not so long ago, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could count on American journalists to support his campaign to publish secret documents that banks and governments didn't want the world to see.

But just three years after a major court confrontation that saw many of America's most important journalism organizations file briefs on WikiLeaks' behalf, much of the U.S. journalistic community has shunned Assange — even as reporters write scores, if not hundreds, of stories based on WikiLeaks' trove of leaked State Department cables.


Some call him a traitor, responsible for what's arguably one of the biggest U.S. national security breaches ever. Others say a man who calls for government transparency has been too opaque about how he obtained the documents.

The freedom of the press committee of the Overseas Press Club of America in New York City declared him "not one of us." The Associated Press, which once filed legal briefs on Assange's behalf, refuses to comment about him. And the National Press Club in Washington, the venue less than a year ago for an Assange news conference, has decided not to speak out about the possibility that he'll be charged with a crime.

With a few notable exceptions, it's been left to foreign journalism organizations to offer the loudest calls for the U.S. to recognize WikiLeaks' and Assange's right to publish under the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.

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More: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/01/09/106445/in-wikileaks-fight-us-journalists.html?storylink=addthis

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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 07:27 PM
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1. They take a pass on ANYTHING that could benefit the non-wealthy. nt
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 07:28 PM
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2. By and large, our media is a disgrace.
We are a laughing stock internationally.:blush:
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 07:40 PM
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4. So True... And Yet, WE Set The Standard !!!
I guess those days are gone.

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Cerridwen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 07:32 PM
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3. What journalists in the US? We have stenographers for multi-national
corporations.

It would appear the US "journalists'" corporate masters yanked their chains and the "journalists" came to heel.

Wow! Who would've thought?!

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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 08:20 PM
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6. Bingo !!!
Edited on Fri Jan-14-11 08:20 PM by WillyT
Exactly!

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Cerridwen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 08:41 PM
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7. There's a quote from a movie that has stuck with me for years...
Edited on Fri Jan-14-11 08:42 PM by Cerridwen
The movie: "Thank You for Smoking"

The quote:

Nick Naylor: (out loud) "I just need to pay the mortgage."
Nick Naylor: (to self) The Yuppie Nuremberg defense.


Hey, WillyT

:hi:

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Autumn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 07:42 PM
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5. U.S. journalists take a pass on any type of
journalism. They are nothing more than teleprompters.
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 10:25 PM
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8. KinR
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