[pp.int.general] Media stupidity Re: Pirate support for Wikileaks

[Amelia Andersdotter]

If something can be said about the current situation of Wikileaks founder
Julian Assange it is that a Swedish newspaper, Expressen, has consistenly
and deliberately published names and pictures of people who are not yet
convicted, and to whom a primary investigation have not even been started.

This is the third time Expressen has engaged in this conduct since 2006. The
difference this time is that very few paper, primarily international media,
has managed to criticize this behaviour which essentially leads to primary
conviction by the populace and lynchmobs rather than a fair trial by a,
presumably, non-partisan court.

I think that especially in criminal cases this conduct is despicable and an
unethical exploitation of media and press freedom to bypass the legal
system. I criticize Expressen generally though. They are a bad publication
and anyone who supports them should be slightly ashamed.

/a

On 4 December 2010 18:20, Amelia Andersdotter <teirdes at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 4 December 2010 12:17, Mikulas.Ferjencik <Mikulas.Ferjencik at seznam.cz>wrote:
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>> I would like to note, that PPI is not supposed to issue Press releases, so
>> it is more appropriate to prepare a press release, which can separate PPs
>> endorse. It would also be good to include what do respective PPs do to
>> support wikileaks.
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> The Swedish Pirate Party and myself do not support Wikileaks as such, but
> leaking and leaking services in general (including OpenLeaks, cryptome and
> the newly formed Serbian project for leaks). We would like to see an
> inclusive statement that considers the benefit over whistleblowers in
> general, and not a specific service for this purpose.
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> Wikileaks can certainly be exemplified, but it is important that they do
> not get to represent the entire leaking community, and especially that they
> do not overshadow the brave men and women who make sure the leaks get out
> there in the first place.
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> Amelia Andersdotter
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