Assange
Will Julian Assange Protect His Book with DMCA Takedown Notices?
(Stewart Baker) Julian Assange is writing a book — and expecting to make somewhere between $ 1 and $ 2 million from it. But his royalties will depend on something he claims to abhor – using government authority to control the distribution of information. Because if a believer in the free distribution of information were […]
Why Do Journalists Hate Julian Assange?
Very interesting piece in Vanity Fair about why the news media has turned on WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange. The story tells us as a lot about Assange..and the news media. Part of the falling out has to do with the fact that Assange is incredibly controlling, saying that he believes in transparency-but not acting that […]
More Assange Bashing at the NYT
It’s interesting what lengths the media will go to discredit Assange at the same time it makes use of all the material he has supplied them with. In this particular iteration, Assange is portrayed as flighty and mercurial because the Guardian tried to break its agreement with him, and publish early. So let’s see the […]
Manning And Assange
Their different fates are telling. Clay Shirky grapples with the whole Wikileaks dynamic with his usual thoughtfulness here. I think he's onto something in his distinction between "international" and "global" media. International media – like the NYT or BBC – are based in a single country and are a product of its social and political […]
Newsweek’s Adler: Journalists Don’t Like Assange Because They ‘Refuse to Engage in Advocacy’
In his January 4 article, "Why Journalists Aren't Standing Up for WikiLeaks," Newsweek's Ben Adler offers three reasons, the first of which is quite risible given the media's persistent advocacy for ObamaCare in the year past: So why are American journalists hesitant to speak up for Assange? There are essentially three reasons. 1. Refusal […]
Judy Miller calls Assange a “bad journalist”
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The Sarah Palin Insider | Sarah Palin Talks to David Cameron The British Prime Minister About Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange
The transcript starts below these pictures of those heard on the tape. Sarah Palin, Todd Palin and David Cameron. The Sarah Palin Insider is revealing more secrets about Sarah Palin and how stupid she is. Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia Setting the Scene The following is a transcript of the tape […]
USA: Son of Couple Executed in 1953 Defends Wikileaks’ Assange
By Solana Larsen “We must fight to protect Assange,” writes Robert Meeropol, the son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, executed in 1953 for “Conspiracy to Commit Espionage” in the United States (via Democracy Now). Global Voices in English
France’s Le Monde Names Assange Man of the Year
Notable one way or the other. More than a few eyebrows were raised recently when Time Magazine chose to honor Mark Zuckerberg as their 2010 person of the year. While many found more worthy choices on their full list – from the Tea Party to the Chilean miners – one common theme emerged around many […]
Assange Alerts His Hostages
Remember how I suggested that Obama was establishing a practice of only making deals with people-whether they be Republicans or Democrats-who take hostages? Well, Julian Assange just made it clear who his hostages are: Top officials in several Arab countries have close links with the CIA, and many officials keep visiting US embassies in their […]
Wikileak’s Julian Assange Gets 7 Figure Book Deal On Autobiography
A new low in the publishing industry.. Wikileaks’ boss Julian Assange has revealed that he’s getting an advance of $ 502,000 (£325,000) from U.K. publisher Canongate Books Ltd. and $ 800,000 from U.S. publishing house Alfred A. Knopf, a subsidiary of Random House,( which is in turn owned by Germany’s Bertelsmann AG) for writing an […]
Judith Miller Responds To Backlash Over Assange Comments
By admin on January 4, 2011
After getting attention for calling Julian Assange a “bad journalist” this weekend on Fox News, former New York Times reporter Judith Miller sent an email to The Cutline defending her point. Miller, whose own reporting on weapons of mass destruction in the lead-up to the Iraq War has been criticized, reproached Assange for not verifying […]
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