NCMR 2011 - WikiLeaks, Journalism and Modern-Day Muckracking

Wikileaks has sent shockwaves through the diplomatic community worldwide. This panel, presented at the National Conference for Media Reform in Boston on April 8, discusses how the release of these documents has reinvigorated the great journalistic tradition of muckraking. It also raises the fundamental questions about how journalism is done in an age of digital whistleblowers and online leaks.

Panelists: Emily Bell: Tow Center for Digital Journalism; Glenn Greenwald: Salon.com; Greg Mitchell: editor, author and blogger for The Nation; Micah Sifry: Personal Democracy Forum; and Christopher Warren: Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance. The panel was moderated by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!

Thanks to Walt Kosmowski of Beverly Community Access Media for the footage.

To see more of the conference, go to www.conference.freepress.net. For more about media issues, go to www.freepress.net.

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[starrra1]

OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION FROM ( Glenn Greenwald ) ! !

Thank you Glenn

[starrra1]

Glenn was on Democracy Now today 6/20/11

Mr Greenwald please continue to hold President Obama publicly

accountable to all of his violations of international law,

Crimes against the the constitution of the US,

betraying the trust of good human beings in America and around the world ,

President Obama was never really the moral person in reality that he appeared

to be in his campaign ,in my opinion he is morally a disgrace to humanity and America

Glenn Greenwald for President

[dalsgaard12]

I remember sharing the exact same concerns as Greenwald when this information was initially released. I learned in school, that Journalism is supposed to be antagonistic towards the government, and reveal proof of wrongdoing from within the state. Yet, here in Denmark as well, the initial reaction from almost all media was one of skepticism boarding on hostility, even from our patriots of free speech: Jyllands-Posten, who posted cartoons in the name of free press! It disgusts me.

[GSNPFL]

Mica, WHY should Assange step aside - it's his owned company. Daniel D-berg STOLE info from Wikileaks and collaborated with USG & Guardian..... proves Assange was right..... Daniel D-berg started his own organization and the difference is Daniel D-berg is NOT honest but Wikileaks Julian Assange has always been honest..... shame on Daniel D-berg.

[GSNPFL]

@exadverso Mica, if you'll remember Ben Bradlee editor WashPost was "broken". He controlled Watergate news which gave us "all the president's men". He alone gave the OK [the go-ahead] behind *locked doors* on the "break-in" story ordered by Nixon administration - Nixon administration could not stop him. Ben Bradlee editor is now part of an Old Time Investigative Journalist reporting system - Wash Post is no longer that.

[starrra1]

@exadverso Thank you for your comment

I share  your sentiment 100% :)

[exadverso]

Mica Sifry is wrong, Wikileaks is not "broken." Julian Assange is not finished.

He remains a leading figurehead of the new progressive movement. Sifry is voicing the establishment view by making that statement, and he's playing into the establishment's hands by spreading disempowering comments like that. I wonder who's side he's really on when he comes out with bullshit like that.

[xmanhall360]

@mindnumber9 Interesting!

[phazemekaniks]

@robertk1968 Yes, they're part of the NWO too lol! To define what a reporter or news organisation represents would result in a biased news. They are simply reporting on important issues. Giving you some facts. Take it or leave it. AJ on the other hand tells you how to think.

[findjairo]

glen gets all girls. your my boy blue

[Xan81]

Wikileaks should not be discussed.

What should be discussed is the information provided BY Wikileaks, et. al. These people use buzzwords like "-gate". "Cablegate"? Oh, come on...

Now you sound like FOX News...