Wikileaks Denied A Speaking Opportunity At UN Conference About Wikileaks?
from the perhaps-someone-will-leak-a-pass? dept
UNESCO, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, is hosting a conference about The Media World after Wikileaks and News of the World. Sounds like it could be an interesting event, but one organization not happy about it... is Wikileaks. Seeing as it was a conference that touched on Wikileaks' interests directly, Wikileaks asked to take part, and was instead denied a chance to speak at the event. When asked about this, UNESCO actually claimed that choosing to not allow Wikileaks attendees was an exercise in "freedom of expression," which seems like a poor choice of words.Of course, Wikileaks doesn't come out of this looking very good either. In unfortunately typical overstatement from Wikileaks, it tries to paint this as some big censorship issue, but that seems like an exaggeration. UNESCO noted that Julian Assange's legal advisor is taking part, as are numerous news organizations that partnered with Wikileaks. Wikileaks complains that even if Assange's legal counsel will be on one panel, there's no Wikileaks representation on other panels. Now, if I were organizing the event, I might use that as an opportunity to invite direct representatives of the site... if only for the fact that it would draw more interest to many of the discussions. However, beyond the irony of telling Wikileaks it can't speak at an event about Wikileaks, it really seems like the site is trying to make a bigger deal out of this than is justified.
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If a Troll calls on the Internet and no one is around to respond, does it make a sound?
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Or would anyone say that still having a prison at Guantanamo Bay is according to the Geneva Convention? Let's not forget about the so-called Patriot Act? And that country's leaders even terrorise their own citizens, with the threat that anyone could be detained without a charge brought forth.
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However, Wikileaks isn't considered a terrorist organisation by any anyone outside of the US State Department.
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Not if we're Sean Hannity.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-february-13-2012/the-vagina-ideologues---sean-hann ity-s-holy-sausage-fest
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You might believe that Mike uses hyperbole as a tool for deception and to dupe the weak minded, but alas, here you are posting on his site. lol
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That would be from the TIME he first typed a word, to the present TIME...
it's also more 'fabricate' and exaggerate... but you are right..
Not all registered people on TD support TD, many are hear to readwhat wild claims mansick will come up with next..
He wants to be the untimate spin artist, but just does not have to talent for it.
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Mike came in first in the regional Top tournament, thats talent
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Fact is he still believes that wikileaks is important, and was a 'game changer' that is actually not the case, wikileaks had and is having virtually zero effect, it has not caused anyone to do anything differently, or anyone fired or punished..
Wikileaks was a flop, that is why they are not invited to talk..
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Where the mantra is "I really, really, really, want to believe it, so it must be true."
I wish I could live there too, life would be so less complicated, but I'd probably just wind up shooting myself.
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Wikileaks was a flop? In what way? Like Internet is a flop until these pesky google engineers implement gimme-money-many-times-for-the-same-horrible-service techy thingy on the internet, that will save the content industry (?) and with that the world!! It seems your bubble does not include news from... I don't know, the world? Middle east? Green revolution? Wikileaks ofcourse had nothing to do with that - it was all twitters fault that these strange men with strange beards are making your fuel more expensive!
Hidden agenda? Clearly. His agenda is truth. I know - it is horrible - this truth thingy. You can't change it, it's stuck in its ways and that has to be changed. It would be so much easier to manipulate truth if only we would have a tool that would give power to select people for replacement of these pesky facts with something nicer. Hmmm, maybe Jacob Appelbaum could help - he has so much experience in these things and he looooves USA!
Actual facts about your statement:
1. You are not taken seriously because your english is worse than mine (and my native language is not english).
2. You could have been taken more seriously if you had an account here.
3. Stating your opinion on actual affairs does not make your statement the truth. If you do know that - then you're just seeking attention and an emotional response to further devaluate the debate (troll)
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Should have called it "Post-Digital Propoganda"
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prop·a·gan·da/ˌpräpəˈgandə/
Noun:
1.Information, esp. of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
2.The dissemination of such information as a political strategy.
So journalism = propaganda...I was wondering when this was going to happen!!!
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Idiocy at work
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Any trolls about?
We apparantly have the "freedom of expression" to tell you to jog on
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It'll serve them right, afterwards, we can say something stupid and unrelated like it was "freedom of expression,"
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oh yea, that will "GET EM"...
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As history has shown us
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http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/events/calendar-of-events/event s-websites/the-media-world-after-wikileaks-and-news-of-the-world/
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What a stupid attempt to try and use our words against us, at least our trolls here put some effort into it
You're talking about wikileaks, but wikileaks cant attend, because you have the right to express through freedom that you dont want wikileaks there to exercise their right to speak on the subject of wikileaks.........Yeah. OK. Sure! I buy that! Uh-huh!
The more this happens the more aggro i feel, and i surely doubt im the only one
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Lets Face facts
Political damage was virtually zero, (pollies can do more damage to themselves that others can).
Thousands of documents were leaks, is there any indication that this release really changed anything ?
Did it provide anything information in it's leaked information that most people did not allready know, or have a strong suspician that would be occuring.
Wikileaks got it's 15 minutes of fame, (at a high price), and really achieved nothing..
Why would you want wikileaks to come and talk, when you know they dont really have anything to say!
Wikileaks is old history,,,,,, next..
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The government strikes back
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Return of the Wikileaks
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Did Wikileaks provide any information that most people did not already know? You betcha!
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Since your asking, yes, it actually did, and with that one lie, you've compromised you're entire comment, just like a good old, bad politician
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