Wikileaks has 500 cables regarding one U.S. broadcaster! Who's the biggest butt-kisser for Obama? NBC? We can then compare their role as a suck-up for the administration, with their comments about Wikileaks not being "real" journalism - and nearly all U.S. news outlets have made these comments, while their mission statements emphasize turning the public into sheeple. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/201...och?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
wikileaks making a real impact. making the world more transparent, amen. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/world/africa/14tunisia.html?_r=1&ref=global-home But their new and conspicuous riches, partly exposed in a detailed cable by the American ambassador and made public by WikiLeaks, have fueled an extraordinary extended uprising by Tunisians who blame corruption among the elite for the joblessness afflicting their country.
I vacationed in Tunisia some years ago and glad the people are finally free of this dictator and his family. Hope they don't screw it up and make it into some sort of Islamic state.
I saw a little snippet of a news conference this morning. This banker standing next to assange. The banker said 45 politicians and many other 'pillars' of society. Unfortunatly when you take on the rich and powerful there are consequnces. Interestingly many rich are also supporting assange as we saw in the list of people who posted his bail...
WikiLeaks Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize LONDON (Kyodo)--A Norwegian lawmaker said on his website Wednesday that he has nominated WikiLeaks for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, saying that the whistle-blower site has contributed to promoting peace, democracy and free speech by disclosing classified documents. http://e.nikkei.com/e/app/fr/gateway/rss_news.aspx?URL=/e/ac/tnks/Nni20110203D03JF740.htm
When will Wikleaks release those banking documents? All these middle east riots and dead news are boring, need some real substance for my reading.