[pp.int.general] URGENT PRESS REQUEST - Contact WL

[Nicolas Sahlqvist]

I think you do not see it from the media point of view, the news offices are
utterly frustrated that there is no real person in Wikileaks or Anonymous to
ask since that is there traditional method to work. They will therefore look
for any credible source such as PP to ask and I they could mention that
Wesley is a source from PP rather then from Wikileaks or Anonymous. There is
a risk to take when you express opinions in public and I am sure that Wesley
is aware of this, but the press that PPNL gets when they say something is
probably worth it considering how hard it is for PP's to be seen through old
style media. I think it's worth the risks to be visible in the media..


- Nicolas


On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Erik Lönroth <erik.lonroth at gmail.com> wrote:

> I didn't mean to bring critisism to a specific news-channel at all.
> But the point is that if you appear as a "spokesperson" at all,
> anywhere, on bahalf of Wikileaks - you immediately become a target.
> Internationally.
>
> I would definetly not take that kind of initiative on bahalf on some
> other person. That is a question of personal integrity (one of our
> core values) and for the same reason we don't publish or make
> available the names of our members or any other person.
>
> If Wikileaks spokes-persons needs to talk to media, I'm 100% sure they
> will be able to do that. In this case its media who has the urge to
> fish for a scope.
>
> /Erik
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Wesley Schwengle (Piratenpartij)
> <bestuur at piratenpartij.nl> wrote:
> > On 12/09/2010 03:34 PM, Erik Lönroth wrote:
> >> As far as I understand, thisw contact person is Julian Assange.
> >>
> >> Considering the treatment spokesmen for this kind of services get from
> >> media and the alike, I wouldn't assist with that information even if I
> >> had it.
> >
> > The press in .nl has been very very pro-Wikileaks, with two public TV
> > station mirroring Wikileaks. VPRO traditionally leftish and Pwned, a bit
> > right, but  pro Pirate Party. The weblog GeenStijl (from which Pwned
> > originated) published our tv/radio ads when the public channels would
> > not (long story short :)).
> >
> > The Spits (which is from The Telegraaf which owns GeenStijl) wants to
> > make a piece about anonet and Wikileaks and what motivates them.
> > Obviously, they could read about it on the net, but being journalists,
> > they want to talk to someone.
> >
> > Goverment officials are more anti-WL, from the right spectrum, while the
> > left/centrum spectrum is Pro. The discussion on WL in .nl is healthy.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Wesley
> >
> > --
> > Wesley Schwengle, Piratenpartij, http://www.piratenpartij.nl
> > E: wesley.schwengle at piratenpartij.nl E: wesley at schwengle.net
> > T: +31 6 28908100
> >
> >
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