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Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:58:48 +0000

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Comment on WikiLeaks has changed everything. by Ross Williams

Ross Williams — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:03:29 +0000

What I found interesting was that Wikileaks chose to provide mainstream media with exclusive access, allowing them to create the narrative about the information. Had that not been the case, I wonder how many people would have paid any attention. I doubt many people have read the actual raw data on wikileaks. Instead we are relying on the media reports. I doubt those reports would not have been written if they had not had prior access. Instead, there would have been a report on the release of the data but little information about the meaning of its content. Followed by lots of stories about the reaction. In other words, the story would be even more about Wikileaks, not Afghanistan. I think you would have found a bunch of people trying to use the data to shine a light on some aspect of the conflict with only limited success. The candlepower of the alternative media, even with the internet, remains pretty limited.

Winston Churchill said “In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.”

Let me suggest that fundamental truth remains true today. I don’t think the wikileaks event means the truth is going to be out their on the internet unattended. Technology is changing the way that bodyguard is provided, but those responsible for managing conflicts are going to adapt to that. While the internet provides more opportunities for the truth to get out, it also provides new opportunities for the distribution of its bodyguard of lies.

I think the notion that we now have better access to unvarnished truth is dangerous. It creates an illusion that the information we are receiving is not being manipulated to some purpose and that simply is unrealistic. Whether it is war between nations, or just conflicts between competing products, the truth is always going to come attended with its bodyguard.

Comment on WikiLeaks has changed everything. by Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:27:57 +0000

Does anyone else think that the drama with Wikileaks is pretty overblown? I, for one, believe that everyone should just leave them alone. They do what every other news organization does: provide the truth for the general public. We shouldn’t get in the way of Wikileaks.

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Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:56:07 +0000

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Comment on WikiLeaks has changed everything. by Vincenzo Voisard

Vincenzo Voisard — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:59:05 +0000

Perhaps that person thought they owed their loyalty to the democracy of the US- not its government or Pentagon…

Comment on WikiLeaks has changed everything. by Marc Sharp

Marc Sharp — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:22:05 +0000

I hope the owner of Wikileaks is happy, he will now be directly accountable for most likely fifty or therefore murders as a result of his do:gooder bullshit.

Comment on Newspapers, El Diaro, and the Crisis of Relevance by admin

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:21:14 +0000

Please do!

Josh

Comment on Newspapers, El Diaro, and the Crisis of Relevance by Dacia Panama

Dacia Panama — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:31:10 +0000

I trust you would not mind if I posted a part of this on my univeristy blog?

Comment on New News Co-ops: Evolution Happens by Tom Stites

Tom Stites — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:09:52 +0000

Jim O’Shea, the Chicago News Cooperative’s editor, was interviewed on WTTW, the Chicago PBS station that CNC is partnering with, and it turns out that its Chicago Scoop website will have a paywall; only paying co-op members will have access. Jim didn’t offer details, but it sounds like this outfit might actually be a co-op. We’ll see.

Video is on the front page of the wttw.org website, but it doesn’t have a discreet URL and may or may not still be there if you go to take a look for yourself.

Comment on New News Co-ops: Evolution Happens by admin

admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:48:05 +0000

Tom, thanks as always for your insightful commentary. I confess that that exact question crossed my mind, however, I was primarily focusing on the vocabulary itself.

In the past, I have been told by foundation folks that the word “cooperative” is too, well, commie, really, to get any traction in today’s funding world, which is focused on entrepreneurship and social ventures.

In truth, that always burned me, because a co-op business is as entrepreneurial as any. Your Banyan Project is a consumer’s co-op … like REI! My own Newsdesk.org project seeks to build a producer’s co-op for independent journalists, though, again, in the past, I’ve been told to avoid that phrase.

More to the point of your comment — yes, is this organization truly a co-op? Where are the founding documents defining it as such? Is the usage cynical, then, if it’s not truly a co-op?

Now, I want to note, they’ll also have a standalone Web site as well as the NY Times pages. It could be they’ll be doing significant coverage there that’s off the affluent NYT/Trib-community’s radar …

I’m thrilled the dialogue and vocabulary is becoming more accommodating, but agree that the proof is in the pudding!