Greg Mitchell: How WikiLeaks Fuels the Traditional Media's Headlines

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Channel: The Nation · 2011 · News & Politics

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The Wall Street Journal recently launched their new WikiLeaks-imitation website, SafeHouse. The reception of the new venture has been lukewarm at best, as critics were quick to point out the site's lack of basic security. At the 2011 National Conference for Media Reform in Boston, Greg Mitchell, who has been blogging the WikiLeaks story for The Nation for over one hundred and fifty days now, spoke with Nation intern Kevin Gosztola about the way old media sites are trying to catch up to WikiLeaks.

Free speech, traditional media versus new media, transparency versus secrecy and who will be the "gatekeepers" are some of the most pressing issues that stem from WikiLeaks' operations, Mitchell argues. Even the New York Times, Mitchell says, relies on WikiLeaks for a steady stream of information.

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