Wikileaks gun camera video of civilians shot in Baghdad 07/12/07

Re:Wikileaks gun camera video of civilians shot in Baghdad 0... by noodle on Monday April 05, 2010 @02:17PM (#1242606)

i agree that they're presenting it beyond their original intent, but i'd also point out that they've been striving for a business model as a pure information source, just to keep the lights on, and it hasn't been working out. this might be their attempt at finding a way to monetize some of their information.

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Re:Wikileaks gun camera video of civilians shot in Baghdad 0... by uriel on Monday April 05, 2010 @09:27PM (#1243561)

Financial difficulties (which to be honest, I have trouble understanding), does not justify over-hyping and over-editorializing content, it only hurts their image and reputation and means less people will appreciate their work.

Also, if they allow their funding issues to compromise their principles it would be a much bigger issue than if they allow their principles to affect too strongly the way they editorialize.

So if your theory is correct that would be more disturbing, not less.

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Re:Wikileaks gun camera video of civilians shot in Baghdad 0... by noodle on Monday April 05, 2010 @09:28PM (#1243562)

yeah, it does. the auction wasn't a good idea either. they might be good at what they do, just not good at distribution/monetization/etc..

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