{"id":56,"date":"2010-04-15T08:14:37","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T11:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dkubiske.onmason.com\/?p=56"},"modified":"2010-04-15T08:14:37","modified_gmt":"2010-04-15T11:14:37","slug":"update-on-wikileaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dkubiske.onmason.com\/?p=56","title":{"rendered":"Update on WikiLeaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worldjournalism.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/07\/wikileaks-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\">A while back (April 7, to be exact)<\/a> I wrote about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignpolicy.com\/articles\/2010\/04\/06\/is_this_the_future_of_journalism?page=0,1\" target=\"_blank\">a piece in Foreign Policy<\/a> about WikiLeaks and the future of journalism. At that time I expressed the same concern as the FP author: Is WikiLeaks the future of journalism?<\/p>\n<p>I, and other journalists, are concerned that the use of WikiLeaks material is feeding into a political agenda. And let us be clear, WikiLeaks has a political agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, one of the best interviews exploring this was done by Stephen Colbert. (I am having problems embedding the video, so just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/the-colbert-report-videos\/270712\/april-12-2010\/julian-assange\" target=\"_blank\">click here to see the interview<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Colbert interview that bastion of liberalism, Mother Jones, has also called into question the journalistic credentials of WikiLeaks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/politics\/2010\/04\/wikileaks-julian-assange-iraq-video\" target=\"_blank\">Inside WikiLeaks\u2019 Leak Factory<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/mojo\/2010\/04\/wikileaks-assange-media-blitz\" target=\"_blank\">What the WikiLeaks Media Blitz Has Revealed About WikiLeaks<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I worry because so many news organizations are depending on groups such as WikiLeaks rather than going out and being competitive in the field of investigative journalism.<\/p>\n<p>It bothers me because journalism is supposed to be about remaining true to the readers\/viewers\/listeners rather than a political agenda. WikiLeaks makes no bones about having such an agenda. Assange openly admits he and his team used &#8220;hot&#8221; words to title the video and that they edited the video before making it public.<\/p>\n<p>As and editor I would like to know what happened before and after the video. I would like to know what was edited out of the video. In other words, I would like to know the context of the shots.<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t get that from WikiLeaks. Nor did we get it from many of the news organizations when they ran the video. (Yes, <strong>later <\/strong>we got some more information. But shouldn&#8217;t we have had that info the <strong>first time<\/strong> the video was run?)<\/p>\n<p>It is fair to report what WikiLeaks has but it is beginning to look as if some news groups are willing to let WikiLeaks lead the way in getting material.<\/p>\n<p>I repeat what I said before, I am concerned because the news organization has no way to judge the material. Without an active role in the gathering and editing process, how can news editors really trust the material.<\/p>\n<p>We are seeing more outsourcing of reporting by major news organizations. And I am not talking about using freelancers (like me) to get stories. Groups such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikileaks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WikiLeaks <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/current.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Current News <\/a>have journalists working for them and developing stories. But these are groups with political agendas and no news organization should be beholden to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back (April 7, to be exact) I wrote about a piece in Foreign Policy about WikiLeaks and the future of journalism. At that time I expressed the same concern as the FP author: Is WikiLeaks the future of journalism? 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