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http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lesersense/2013/08/04/making-sense-with-steve-leser--whistleblowing-and-more
Excellent listening, as always good solid information.
Assange and Greenwald screwed their sources by not going through proper channels. Instead they
trickled out facts along with disinformation. That's not journalism it's sensationalism!
Thanks for the facts Steve. I have about 15 more minutes of listening, however this is outstanding!
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)I seldom get to listen when you air, since I am usually working. However I was glad I found a link to the broadcast.
There are others that I need to catch up on. You mentioned transcripts? What was that link again?
Thanks, sheshe.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)at 5pm Eastern time tonight in Southern California and so I dont want to post the transcript before that.
which link do you need?
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Thanks~
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Yes! Here is the link to the June 9-10 show where I discussed Greenwald and his reporting and the history of National Security Surveillance http://steveleser.blogspot.com/2013/08/repost-transcript-of-nsa-surveillance.html
And here is a good link on Julian Assange admitting that there were folks with AK-47s and RPGs in the 11 person group on which the Army Helicopter fired http://steveleser.blogspot.com/2013/08/politifact-rating-half-true-wikileaks.
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)I look forward to reading them!
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)I had read the first one, I think you posted it here.
The link to the second one did not work for me. However I was able to find it.
This I had not read, so thank you.
When Assange points out in the context of justifying the title "Collateral Murder" that the word "RPG" was not used until after the permission to engage was given, he leaves the impression that the soldiers were given the okay to open fire on a group of unarmed men, or men believed to be unarmed. But the video and accompanying audio make clear that the soldiers in the helicopter said they spotted "weapons" among those in the group -- later identified by an army investigator as an AK-47 and an RPG -- and that they mistook two cameras with telephoto lenses as weapons as well. Assange said he does not accept that his comment makes that implication, that introductory text in the video clearly states, "Although some of the men appear to have been armed, the behavior of nearly everyone was relaxed."
Who can say whether those in the Apache meant RPG when the crosshairs turned to two of the other men in the group -- not journalists -- and they said "he's got a weapon, too." Photographs suggest that it probably was a man with an RPG, and another with an AK-47 rifle. Still, the soldiers in the Apache reported, "Five to six individuals with AK-47s." That's what the permission to engage appears to have been based upon. RPG's were not specifically referred to by that point, but other "weapons" were. And so while Assange's statement is technically accurate, we think it leaves out critical context. And we rule it Half True.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/apr/14/julian-assange/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-tells-colbert-per/
From your Op
http://steveleser.blogspot.com/2013/08/politifact-rating-half-true-wikileaks.html
As you stated in your broadcast. Half truths and misinformation. That is not journalism. That is sensationalism.
Loved your broadcast. Sorry my OP didn't recieve more attention.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)About this video, something that I think is pretty clearly now not an instance of wrongdoing, was used by Manning to justify breaking the oath he took and releasing all that classified material.
Knowing what we know now, that is absolutely not justified by the content of the video. And You can tell that Assange knew that from the beginning.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)DevonRex
(22,541 posts)He is a real journalist. He's honest and thorough. And he's not into sensationalism, so the madding crowd will probably be elsewhere. Their loss.