Julian Assange To Host Talk Show 164
An anonymous reader writes "Julian Assange has announced he will host a talk show: 'Through this series I will explore the possibilities for our future in conversations with those who are shaping it,' Assange said in his announcement late Monday. 'Are we heading towards utopia or dystopia, and how we can set our paths? This is an exciting opportunity to discuss the vision of my guests in a new style of show that examines their philosophies and struggles in a deeper and clearer way than has been done before.'"
for the money? (Score:2, Interesting)
It's sad, but my first thought about this was whether he's doing it for the money, to pay for his legal expenses.
Yes, I do absolutely consider a talkshow to be "selling out". I still consider his manifesto [thecommentfactory.com] that lead to the creation of Wikileaks extremely interesting and insightful.
Color me unsurprised (Score:2, Interesting)
Anyone with half a brain knew Julie was doing this for the publicity.
John Pilger: Julian Assange Interview (Score:5, Interesting)
I remember watching the interview with John Pilger [youtube.com] some time ago, Assagne is certainly a compelling speaker.
Re:Waste of airtime! (Score:4, Interesting)
It's important to remember that Wikileaks claims that TLA [wikipedia.org] agencies were contacted in order to assist with redacting sensitive information.
They refused.
Because the documents were illegally obtained, still classified, and not authorized for disclosure. Assange continued anyway, with predictable results. Assange doesn't care who gets hurt by his activities.
Taliban prepare to punish WikiLeaks Afghan informers [telegraph.co.uk]
Taliban courts are preparing to try and punish any Afghan informers identified in thousands of sensitive documents due for imminent release by the WikiLeaks whistleblower website.
Re:Waste of airtime! (Score:4, Interesting)
Because the documents were illegally obtained by an agent outside of the Wikileaks organisation, still wrongly classified, and not authorized for disclosure because of the embarrassing nature of their contents. Assange continued anyway, with predictable results of demonstrating wide-scale cover-ups of illegal acts by Coalition forces in an ongoing theatre of war. Assange doesn't care who gets hurt by his activities, especially if they are guilty of hiding the murder of civilians from the public eye.
I put it to you that the agencies contacted new the documents were going to be released anyway, and they could have done more to protect their sources by cooperating with the requests of Wikileaks (as well as many reputable news sources who agreed to help redact the documents as best as they could). In my eyes, this is just one more example of those agencies letting innocent people die because of their inadequacies or lack of culpability to the public who they are supposed to protect.
I hope your comment is modded up, so others can have input on the matter. You do have a valid opinion, and it should be discussed.