Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, talks to demonstrators while leaving a court appearance for a verdict on an extradition request in London, on February 24, 2011. (Photo: Andrew Testa / The New York Times)
Mainstream Coverage of WikiLeaks Has Fallen Far Short
Monday 28 March 2011
by: Andrew Kennis, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis
Andrew Kennis, Truthout: "Through interviews with Truthout, experts and members of the public interest community characterized news media coverage of WikiLeaks as being poor, inadequate and more akin to soap opera-ish tabloid coverage rather than serious journalism assessing revelations of US foreign policy abuses. When news coverage was more serious, a friendly frame of reference to successive US administrations was often used, with concerns about the standing of US diplomacy - not its revealed disregard for democratic values - taking front and center."
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by: Andrew Kennis, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis
Andrew Kennis, Truthout: "Through interviews with Truthout, experts and members of the public interest community characterized news media coverage of WikiLeaks as being poor, inadequate and more akin to soap opera-ish tabloid coverage rather than serious journalism assessing revelations of US foreign policy abuses. When news coverage was more serious, a friendly frame of reference to successive US administrations was often used, with concerns about the standing of US diplomacy - not its revealed disregard for democratic values - taking front and center."
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Al Jazeera's Revenge on Arab Regimes and Washington
Saturday 12 February 2011
by: Mohamed El Oifi, translated by Leslie Thatcher | Rue89 (French)
Mohamed El Oifi, Rue89 (translation by Leslie Thatcher): "Bolstered by its audience and its centrality, Al Jazeera has become a major actor in the Middle East, feared by some, hated or envied by others. Nonetheless, by skillfully erecting - in a region dominated by authoritarianism and corruption - transparency and freedom of expression as supreme values and the democratic cause as a legitimate struggle, it has succeeded in disarming its detractors, marginalizing its competitors and even defeating its enemies."
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