Opinion: PBS special puts WikiLeaks journalistic legitimacy in question

Jason Mick says the Public Broadcasting Service special “WikiSecrets” has raised serious questions about the WikiLeaks‘ whistleblowing credentials as many of the leaked documents revealed secret details about U.S. operations rather than exposed wrongdoing.

Mick also cited the resistance put up by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to redacting the names of Afghanistan tribal leaders and others cooperating with the U.S.  including informants as evidence that Assange was waging a vendetta against the U.S. government rather than seeking the truth. -db

From a commentary in the Daily Tech, May 24, 2011, by Jason Mick.

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