The perennial debate. Publish and be damned or otherwise. The issue has become a very live one, as it should be, as a result of the Wikileaks of recent times.
The most awarded journalist in the world - apart from being a commentator and film-maker - John Pilger, writing for Information Clearing House, says:
"In one sense, the WikiLeaks revelations shame the dominant section of journalism devoted merely to taking down what cynical and malign power tells it. This is state stenography, not journalism. Look on the WikiLeaks site and read a Ministry of Defense document that describes the "threat" of real journalism. And so it should be a threat. Having published skillfully the WikiLeaks expose of a fraudulent war, the Guardian should now give its most powerful and unreserved editorial support to the protection of Julian Assange and his colleagues, whose truth-telling is as important as any in my lifetime."
Read the complete piece here.
The most awarded journalist in the world - apart from being a commentator and film-maker - John Pilger, writing for Information Clearing House, says:
"In one sense, the WikiLeaks revelations shame the dominant section of journalism devoted merely to taking down what cynical and malign power tells it. This is state stenography, not journalism. Look on the WikiLeaks site and read a Ministry of Defense document that describes the "threat" of real journalism. And so it should be a threat. Having published skillfully the WikiLeaks expose of a fraudulent war, the Guardian should now give its most powerful and unreserved editorial support to the protection of Julian Assange and his colleagues, whose truth-telling is as important as any in my lifetime."
Read the complete piece here.
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