Why is it controversial Assange won't talk about his sources when reporters regularly do the same in criminal cases?https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/31/julian-assange-wont-say-whether-a-foreign-government-was-involved-in-dnc-email-leak/ …
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Replying to @trevortimm
It's quite possible WikiLeaks' source had sinister motives. But so do a lot of sources. Should reporters give up sources based on motives?
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He seems to do zero vetting though on what's in the public interest vs. just privacy violation or political talking points.
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Replying to @zeynep @trevortimm
The intermediary has a responsibility to vet, contextualize, dig in. We saw in Turkey. Just a senseless attempt to jump on news.
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