Julian Assange

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  • NBQ001

    Like him or not, this is what happens to real journalists and journalism.

    Which is why real journalism doesn't exist anymore.

    • Do you really think he was a journalist?jmckinno
    • He did what real journalists should've done: uncovering a lot of shit and corruption. And not to forget all the war crimes.NBQ00
    • and sometimes there are consequences for the laws you break along the way.

      the megalomaniac gonna die,
      severian
    • It did take this thread 7 years to peak.robotron3k
    • wow, he looks old and broken.renderedred
    • render, what a surprise eh?NBQ00
    • he always had grey hair thoughpinkfloyd
    • He steals or is given stolen information, And publishes the information as is. How is that journalism?jmckinno
    • WikiLeaks is not engaged in journalism because it doesn’t analyze or contextualize the material it publishes; it merely serves as a dumping ground for informatijmckinno
    • he brought/leaked the truth about innocent killings (manning) to the public. now he has to pay for it. hope UK does not give him to US, it would be wrong. asyl.api
    • jmckinno - he leaked it to newspapers who contextualised it for us, right? And being locked in a room for 7 years surely makes anyone a narcissistIanbolton
    • ppl confuse Wikileaks for journalism bcs it's a newsworthy, fairly reliable source of datarenderedred

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