[governance] Tangential (On Exceptionalism Wikileaks) America's vassal acts decisively and illegally

[Koven Ronald]

As you are not a journalist, I guess, dear Koven, you may freely    write your opinion on this list...

I'm afraid that's unfactual, virtual mind-reading. I represent a journalistic NGO, the World Press Freedom Committee, and have been a reporter and editor at the Herald Tribune, the Washington Post and the Boston Globe. 


My concern in following the list is the furtherance and preservation of freedom of expression and press freedom, on- and offline, 


Assange's actions have raised press freedom issues, In February, I organized a major conference for my group at UNESCO HQ on the fallout for journalism of the WikiLeaks document-dumping approach. Two British lawyers who have represented Assange were amongst the speakers. It was rather like an IGF. We exchanged observations and ideas but issued no general conclusions.


-----Original Message-----
From: Dominique Lacroix <dl at panamo.eu>
To: governance <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
Cc: Koven Ronald <kovenronald at aol.com>; salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>; gpaque <gpaque at gmail.com>
Sent: Mon, Aug 20, 2012 3:33 am
Subject: Re: [governance] Tangential (On Exceptionalism Wikileaks) America's vassal acts decisively and illegally


              
Le 19/08/12 23:57, Koven Ronald a      écrit :
    
    
Quite aside from that, from          my perspective and that of many of my most thoughtful American          journalistic colleagues, it is clear that Assange is motivated          by a very strong streak of political anti-Americanism -- 
    Disclaimer : I do admire great US companies such as Verisign,    Google, Amazon, etc.
    I like Apple, Coca Cola and Mickey Mouse.
    I'm still an Obama supporter, as I was four years ago (I can prove    it. It's on the Internet ;-))
    I like so called "America". A great nation. My mother married an US    marine. And half of my family are American people.
    
    I'm not either an anti-American nor a spy. Can we begin free talks    now?
    
that he means to embarass          the US government as much as possible. 
    That was the result, for sure.
    
    Not necessarily the main intentions. "Procès d'intention" (Google    translate bugged, sorry...) are not fair, do you know?
    
That may be a perfectly          legitimate for a political activist. But it undercuts any          claim to be a journalist, Professional journalists aren't          supposed to follow political agendas.
    A journalist may have political opinions and may express them. The    journalist's duty is to prove what she/he says with documents or    arguments. He/she has to provide readers means for thinking. But    she/he cannot be deprived of freedom of thinking or speeching, isn't    it?
    
    As you are not a journalist, I guess, dear Koven, you may freely    write your opinion on this list...
    
    @+, Dominique
    
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