Comment Re:I can't believe anyone is surprised (Score 1) 464
How many lives have been lost as the result of Journalism?
Every major U.S. media player has published the name of at least one active CIA agent. Names of key witnesses have been published. We have media pundits calling for assassinations on a regular basis. Political commentators regularly and knowingly lie to the american public, and those lies have cost lives.
The difference here is that although WikiLeaks has received numerous awards, and has been internationally recognized for their journalistic efforts, is that it is not a mainstream media entity, and it has information that people with a lot of political weight do not want published.