Human Rights Groups Join Criticism of WikiLeaks

e065c8515d206cb0e190 writes "Several human rights organizations contacted WikiLeaks and pressed them to do a better job at hiding information that endangers civilians within their leaked documents. From the article: 'The letter from five human-rights groups sparked a tense exchange in which WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange issued a tart challenge for the organizations to help with the massive task of removing names from thousands of documents, according to several of the organizations that signed the letter. The exchange shows how WikiLeaks and Mr. Assange risk being isolated from some of their most natural allies in the wake of the documents' publication. ... An [Amnesty International] official replied to say that while the group has limited resources, it wouldn't rule out the idea of helping, according to people familiar with the reply. The official suggested that Mr. Assange and the human-rights groups hold a conference call to discuss the matter.'"

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"Wikileaks publishes the raw material. They don't report on it or editorialize."
Really?
So you do not feel that calling the apache video "Collateral Murder" as editorializing?
Or the editing in of the text and video of one of the reporters children is not editorializing?
Really?
Hummm......
You use that word but I don't think you know what it means.
That is the big danger. It is very hard to see bias that you share.
Oh and the main stream press. Really also pretty bad on both sides. NPR is one of the few that I do not feel is too bad. Yes they have a bias but for the most part it is some what controlled and what I would say is at the normal human level that is probably unavoidable.
To think that Wikileaks doesn't editorialize is just outside of my understanding.
Yea "Collateral Murder" is unbiased and none inflammatory.

And if they offered to let the Pentagon redact the document that would be easy. They would redact it all.
Yea I doubt that would happen.