At National Conference for Media Reform – Boston 2011
Panel: Wikileaks, Journalism and Modern-Day Muckraking
Christopher Warren: If Wikileaks is considered a source rather than a media outlet, it is left unprotected by journalism rights. Dangerous repercussions. If we allow Assange to be tried, it is a threat to every individual who practices journalism or even doesn’t practice it to criticize anything. Journalism is changing fundamentally in the world. There is a continued fear in US media after 9/11. But until the media realizes that they need to inform the public and be impartial then media will not be doing its job. What does our response to wikileaks say about us as journalists and our sense of the craft? Weaknesses of American journalism been shown by response to WikiLeaks.