| Aramike |
02-01-11 02:28 AM |
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Ah but the point is this : in the last 10-20 years journalism has basically abdicated its role of keeping in check the government (the fourth power all but gone nowadays). You know doing those kinds of inquiries and uncovering hot truths that real journalists used to do. As in the watergate scandal and the "pentagon papers" you refered to. The american journalism of the seventies and eighties was much more serious than what we have know. Its all reduced to infotainment. And wikileaks has given a good kick in the ass to the journalistic profession to make them start doing their job again and not just pay lip service to the government.
So yeah Wikileaks may not be doing something innovative in the grand scheme of things, but it did something that the whole journalistic profession had forgotten how to do. Report and uncover the truth. And this is worthy of merit.
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While I disagree with your overall validation of Assange, your premise makes some sense...
...however, even should Assange's actions serve as essentially a "call to arms" for more valid journalism, I fail to see how it would merit a Nobel Prize.
In the end, the world is not much different now that Assange has made the leaks than it was previously with the exception perhaps of strained US relations with foreign nations and a handicapped OC intelligence community (which may actually cause harm).
I fail to see what Assange has actually DONE other than get some poor fool soldier brought up on charges that will effectively end his life. |
