Re:The US Is Preparing to Prosecute Julian Assange
by AnaniasAnanas on Thursday November 15, 2018 @09:12PM
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True, they are not a news organisation in the common sense, they are a leaks organisation which comes pretty close however.
> especially when they released campaign emails during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
As a leaks organisation this is what their job is about: leaking information, emails this time.
Was Wikileaks biased on what they released? Probably, but to my knowledge they did not release anything false - this would be similar to prosecuting say the guardian people for publishing the Snowden leaks, after all some would consider them "left wing" and "biased". I believe that especially America that was founded on the principle of freedom should take the principle of free speech more seriously.
> especially when they released campaign emails during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
As a leaks organisation this is what their job is about: leaking information, emails this time.
Was Wikileaks biased on what they released? Probably, but to my knowledge they did not release anything false - this would be similar to prosecuting say the guardian people for publishing the Snowden leaks, after all some would consider them "left wing" and "biased". I believe that especially America that was founded on the principle of freedom should take the principle of free speech more seriously.