The Guardian's Complicated Relationship With Julian Assange

Posted by timothy on Thursday January 6, 2011 @12:47PM from the it's-complicated dept.

Sonny Yatsen writes "Vanity Fair has published an interesting behind-the-scenes look at the unlikely and tumultuous working relationship between WikiLeaks' Julian Assange and The Guardian as the Iraq War Logs were being published. The piece highlights the differences and conflicts between the Guardian's journalistic standards and WikiLeaks' transparency. Particularly interesting is the revelation that Julian Assange threatened to sue The Guardian if they publish a portion of Iraq War Logs leaked to them by a disgruntled WikiLeaks volunteer, claiming 'he owned the information and had a financial interest in how and when it was released.'"

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Read this before judging... by BlackSabbath · 2011-01-06 13:02 · Score: 5, Interesting

http://wlcentral.org/node/839
The Guardian do not have clean hands in this matter.
Re:Aww poor Assange has to deal with leakers. by countertrolling · 2011-01-06 13:36 · Score: 5, Interesting

Transparency isn't a product
No, it's a commodity. To be bought and sold like everything else.

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