Wikileaks Panel Live Blog
- December 10th, 2010
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- By Brian Rowe
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Q: Why does wikileaks matter?
A: Brett Horvath, Director of The Leaders Network: This is about freedom of the press. This is about the tension between traditional institutions of power (governments, banks, companies) and distributed networks. This is also about the backroom deals that happen between traditional power structures.
A: Sarah van Gelder, Editor-in-Chief, Yes! Magazine: Serious journalist are failing us, wikileaks is disrupting the illusion that traditional media is propagating.
A: Mike Fancher, Retired Executive Editor at The Seattle Times: Information was scare, that has changed in today’s media. What is it that distinguishes professional journalist from all other .values of the press: truth, minimize harm, be accountable.
privacy is dead the the NSA is watching me, I should able watch what the government is doing. -Mike Fancher
Comment from the Audience: Good government can not be done totally open…
Sarah van Gelder: personal privacy /= government privacy. Large institutions are held to a different standard a higher standard. There should be a bias for governments and corporations to be open.
Mike Fancher: We need radical openness not insane openness. We do not want everything online but we want a lot more then what we have now.
Comment from the audience: a lot of people are mad, V for vendetta and 1984 is how the world feels to people and it is hard for us to give governments trust.
The Live stream: I am moving my comments over the the MCDM live stream. http://www.livestream.com/mcdm
