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

[Jay Emerson]

Good speech, I'll do research on the media conglomerates that may be
influencing such spin at these publications and shine a light on them
through the superpowers of blog syndication.

If you know who owns that publication let me know please :-)

Jay Emerson
Administrative Officer
Pirate Party of New York
On Dec 4, 2010 12:29 PM, "Amelia Andersdotter" <teirdes at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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:
>
>>
>>
>> On 4 December 2010 12:17, Mikulas.Ferjencik <Mikulas.Ferjencik at seznam.cz
>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Amelia Andersdotter
>>
>>
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