[pp.int.general] About Wikileaks and the Media in Latin America

[eduardo at partidopirata.com.ar]

According to a book published in the Argentine capital, major Latin
American newspapers with access to the secret cables obtained by Wikileaks
decided not to print them because doing so would run counter to their own
interests.

"Wiki Media Leaks", by journalists Martín Becerra and Sebastián Lacunza,
analyses the information about the relationship between the region's
newspaper companies and the United States, through its embassies.

"Many media outlets have communicated the leaked material, but only on
extremely few occasions have they dared to publish diplomatic documents
that could harm them, let alone any that specifically refer to them," the
book says.


Lacunza, an IPS contributor with a degree in communication sciences, said
the idea arose when he and his colleague saw that media with access to the
cables "were reluctant to publish some 'juicy' ones that referred to
themselves."

More in:

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107623

We talk, with one of the authors to put a Creative Commons license to this
book. Perhaps in anothers countries is the same history.

Best Regards and Happy Work Day (in some countries).

Eduardo.

Partido Pirata Argentino.