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TheBlackAdder

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7. Not sure if Wikileaks is registered as a news agency here. They would probably be a "foreign agent."

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 09:27 PM

Nov 2018

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I believe that if they are classified as a foreign agent, press freedoms would not apply.

Besides that, the US is globally ranked down in the mid-40s as to press freedoms anyway.

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Wikileaks [View all] SHRED Nov 2018 OP

Assange's idea of a free press is one that is free to print Russian propaganda. dalton99a Nov 2018 #1

Woodward and Bernstein printed leaked information. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #2

Did they give the information to an enemy of the US in order to influence an election?? boston bean Nov 2018 #3

No, but the question posed remains unanswered. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #4

Not in this case. boston bean Nov 2018 #5

Woodward and Bernstein were informing the public, not practicing espionage. Blue_true Nov 2018 #13

Difficult to escape that conclusion. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #14

... blogslut Nov 2018 #6

Got it thanks SHRED Nov 2018 #8

Not sure if Wikileaks is registered as a news agency here. They would probably be a "foreign agent." TheBlackAdder Nov 2018 #7

Pentagon Papers? Ellsworth walked them out of the Rand Corp? irisblue Nov 2018 #9

And NYT and WaPo both published excerpts. The_jackalope Nov 2018 #10

The 1st is not limited to "The Press". Besides, the press (or anyone else) does not have... TreasonousBastard Nov 2018 #11

He's not an American citizen FakeNoose Nov 2018 #12