The Falsehood: During its War Log Releases, Wikileaks carelessly/wantonly/maliciously failed to redact the names of soldiers/informants. As a a result, NATO/Allied troops and/or Afghan/Iraqi informants and/or their families were endangered/killed. The Explanation: This allegation has been made in various forms since Wikileaks released the Afghanistan War Logs, and with renewed intensity after the Iraq War… [Read more…]
November 4, 2010
UPDATED: SEE BELOW It has been 76 days since the news initially broke on August 20th about the Julian Assange rape allegations. It must be said it is getting to look a little bit suspicious. Chief Prosecutor Marianne Ny keeps issuing the same press release, intimating that a clear decision may come at any time,… [Read more…]
October 27, 2010
This amazing video came out this morning. JuiceMedia’s Rap News series is extremely clever, and actually compresses excellent commentary on current affairs and the state of media into 5 minute rap presentations, with colourful characters, both real and fictional. It’s highly polished, very astute, and the last one was an excellent examination of Wikileaks, Pentagon media… [Read more…]
October 26, 2010
The notion of human interest journalism enjoys far too much custom in our media, but it still seems worthy of report. I encountered this tweet today. I’ve embedded the featured link into the image. I cannot know the interesting context for this story, nor verify the veracity of the tweet, but this tweet alone signifies… [Read more…]
October 26, 2010
Glenn Greenwald tweeted a link to an article on FoxNews, by Christian Whiton, in which Whiton calls for executive action on the threat that Wikileaks poses to the United States. The article is riddled with factual errors. For example, it perpetuates the false belief that the Iraq War Logs, released by Wikileaks on Friday, contains the names… [Read more…]
November 21, 2010
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