Norway's top diplomat finds WikiLeaks "fascinating"

[Joanne98]

Source: Reuters

Dec 23 (Reuters) - Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said secret U.S. documents published by WikiLeaks made "fascinating" reading and are turning the tables on governments used to having the upper hand on the media. "I admit -- it is fascinating to read from parts of the raw material of foreign policy, perhaps especially for us who work in diplomacy every day," Stoere wrote in an article published on his Labour Party's website on Thursday.

"We are like voyeurs who get unexpected access... and it grows even more powerful since it comes from U.S. sources."

Stoere said the WikiLeaks phenomenon had given journalists access to information normally reserved for state officials, providing reporters with an advantage they didn't usually enjoy.

"I have to smile because now the roles between the media and the authorities are almost reversed," he said.



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE6BM1CY20101223

[earcandle]

1. As it should. The press is the watch dog for the people which is its purpose!

[SpiralHawk]

3. Actually, mass media is the watchdog for RepubliCorp, Inc.

and the overpaid, blow-dry, bent-knee Spokesmodels who read the news, are in thrall to RepubliCorp as well.

That is why WikiLeaks is so important. Someone is finally doing the job the media was supposed to do all along.

[glinda]

7. Wikileaks has set the bar IMHO. We have Corporate induced Media fail.

[truthisfreedom]

2. "I have to smile because now the roles between the media and the authorities are almost reversed,"

he said.

Hah. One sane voice.

[Ghost Dog]

4. I'd guess he refers to "raw material"

the rest of us, for some perhaps questionable reasons, are not (yet?) privvy to.

[Uncle Joe]

5. As it should be.

"I have to smile because now the roles between the media and the authorities are almost reversed," he said."

Thanks for the thread, Joanne.

[pacalo]

6. Nazi soldiers who led Jews to the death camps should have been as "unfaithful".

(In response to his remark about "unfaithful" government employee who leaked the cables. He's certainly enjoying the info instead of refraining from reading it.)