Re:Wikileaks says it is under attack
by btilly on Sunday November 28, 2010 @03:14PM
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There actually are laws prohibiting the sharing of government secrets. Lots of them. Bradley Manning, the suspected informant, is likely to go to jail for this incident.
But once published, they are published.
As for whether random bloggers are members of the media, I agree that it isn't a simple cut and dried situation. However at this point wikileaks is so prominent, and is so frequently part of the information infrastructure that more traditional media provides, that I believe it clearly is media.
Re:Wikileaks says it is under attack
by nhangen on Sunday November 28, 2010 @04:22PM
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Well, there's a difference between sharing and publishing though right? In this case, Bradley "leaked" them = illegal. Assange "published" them = freedom of press?
But once published, they are published.
As for whether random bloggers are members of the media, I agree that it isn't a simple cut and dried situation. However at this point wikileaks is so prominent, and is so frequently part of the information infrastructure that more traditional media provides, that I believe it clearly is media.