Comments on: Not Proof, but Another Lead: WikiLeaks' Latest Includes Google/China Tip

By: TektonikShift

TektonikShift — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:57:12 +0000

Nick Winbanks,
Just because other news organizations succumb to "link bait" temptations does not make it right.
At best, it misinforming us (not what news should do), at worst its deceitful for the sake of page views.

We should demand better of all them.

-Tek

By: wikileaks news

wikileaks news — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:48:25 +0000

Scott Shane reported from Washington, and Andrew W. Lehren from New York. Reporting was contributed by Jo Becker, C. J. Chivers and James Glanz from New York; Eric Lichtblau, Michael R. Gordon, David E. Sanger, Charlie Savage, Eric Schmitt and Ginger Thompson from Washington; and Jane Perlez from Islamabad, Pakistan.

By: Nick Winbanks

Nick Winbanks — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:34:43 +0000

To be fair to Techcrunch, The Guardian are running with this line in one of their stories on the topic -

"How the hacker attacks which forced Google to quit China in January were orchestrated by a senior member of the Politburo who typed his own name into the global version of the search engine and found articles criticising him personally."

http://tinyurl.com/2dsqveh

By: rhien

rhien — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:43:16 +0000

That’s good news, John. So our State Department to be more alert to problems that could threaten our government through the U.S. government computer.

By: TektonikShift

TektonikShift — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:42:22 +0000

As usual, another link bait headline by TechCrunch.

By: Tom Nocera

Tom Nocera — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:51:33 +0000

A good catch and call out, John. What I’ve read today generally makes me feel proud of the job our State Department field staff has done over many years to provide objective, helpful insights up the chain of command.