WikiLeaks: Heroic or treasonous?
Will the WikiLeaks leak go down as the new Pentagon Papers? Will history record PFC Bradley Manning and Julian Assange as heroes or treasonous rebels? RT contributor and media expert Danny Schechter said that in the past the Pentagon Papers were seen as scandalous and treasonous. When they were first published the Nixon administration fought hard to suppress the information and attempted to prosecute those who brought the documents to the surface. Schechter pointed out that whistleblowers are hardly welcomed in their time, but that history can record a different picture.
Will the WikiLeaks leak go down as the new Pentagon Papers? Will history record PFC Bradley Manning and Julian Assange as heroes or treasonous rebels? RT contributor and media expert Danny Schechter said that in the past the Pentagon Papers were seen as scandalous and treasonous. When they were first published the Nixon administration fought hard to suppress the information and attempted to prosecute those who brought the documents to the surface. Schechter pointed out that whistleblowers are hardly welcomed in their time, but that history can record a different picture.
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