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

[Kenneth Peiruza]

We have the same issue here. A BBC journalist just contacted me, can I 
have an email from a spokesperson from UK?


Regards,

Kenneth

Al 10/12/10 15:19, En/na Nicolas Sahlqvist ha escrit:
> 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 
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>     <mailto:wesley.schwengle at piratenpartij.nl> E: wesley at schwengle.net
>     <mailto:wesley at schwengle.net>
>     > T: +31 6 28908100
>     >
>     >
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