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Re:WikiLeaks is struggling to stay online as millions of doc... by andirk on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @05:23AM (#33717364)
A lot of people in the USA were fans of Wikileaks when it was almost entirely anti the current administration of the time, which was Bush Jr. Not by design but because that's who was in charge of the illegal offensive wars at the time. But then the diplomatic cable leaks in 2010 included high profile Democratic party leaders, and that's when I believe people not only turned their backs on Wikileaks but leaks in general. They already knew their enemies were garbage and they didn't want to admit their own were too.
Re:WikiLeaks is struggling to stay online as millions of doc... by keewee7 on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @05:37AM (#33717483)
Most people were supportive of their leaks that were critical of the Obama administration aggressive use of drone strikes, his support for Israel etc.

It was only when they turned out to be pro-Russian propagandists that the support turned.

Re:WikiLeaks is struggling to stay online as millions of doc... by loup-vaillant on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @07:27AM (#33718322)
Wikileaks, pro-Russian propagandists? I believe they have leaks on Russia too, so we're gonna need something more solid than "published documents that happened to come from Russian agents".
Re:WikiLeaks is struggling to stay online as millions of doc... by ix-ix on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @07:34AM (#33718385)
And selectively not leak documents that would hurt the Russian agenda of having Trump be president.
Re:WikiLeaks is struggling to stay online as millions of doc... by loup-vaillant on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @08:23AM (#33718810)
It's unclear to me that there was anything to leak.

I mean, Trump's scandals were pretty public already, and people voted for him all the same.

Re:WikiLeaks is struggling to stay online as millions of doc... by jonathanstrange on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @09:13AM (#33719311)
This narrative is entirely fictitious, though, and probably made up by the CIA in its entirety. It's not as if an alleged leaker of such content couldn't possibly have sent it elsewhere...

"Oh, Wikileaks is not publishing it. I guess nobody will ever hear about it then."

Re:WikiLeaks is struggling to stay online as millions of doc... by 0110101001 on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @08:50AM (#33719038)
Assange had a TV show on Russian state TV.