Wiki Leaks Update:
WikiLeaks Took Advice From Media Outlets
| from the pentagon-papers-on-the-resume dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday December 05, @11:50 (Censorship)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/1639253/WikiLeaks-Took-Advice-From-Media-Outlets?from=newsletter
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formfeed writes "According to the AP (through Google News), WikiLeaks
isn't just sitting on the recent material so they can release it bit by
bit to the press, as many people implied. On the contrary, it's quite the
other way around: '[0]only after considering advice from five news
organizations with which it chose to share all of the material' are they
releasing it themselves. These newspapers 'have been advising WikiLeaks
on which documents to release publicly and what redactions to make to
those documents.' AP questions whether WikiLeaks will follow these
redactions, but nevertheless seems quite impressed by this 'extraordinary
collaboration between some of the world's most respected media outlets
and the WikiLeaks organization.'" I wonder if some of the
[1]anti-WikiLeaks fervor evident among US lawmakers will also be brought
to bear against the AP and other mainstream media sources. Update: 12/05
17:42 GMT by [2]T : Yes, that's WikiLeaks, rather than (as originally
rendered) WikiPedia. HT to reader Mike Hearn.

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Links:
0. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i0Vruimmvy8loGklsz34QyGDKMDA?docId=120c7bf5d3a34dbaadf1280dace2e456
1. http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/131885-senators-unveil-anti-wikileaks-legislation