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Published on Oct 22, 2016
On
the Listening Post this week: WikiLeaks unveils its Hillary Clinton
files - but is it just doing its journalistic mission or interfering in
the US election as Ecuador tightens its internet grips on Julian
Assange? Plus, Erdogan cracks down on Kurdish media.
Wikileaks and the controversial Clinton files
WikiLeaks has made public thousands of leaked emails from the Clinton presidential campaign. Much of it confirms what many already suspected, that Clinton has a far too cozy relationship with bankers and journalists. Some say the revelations are valuable information for voters. Others have accused Russia of being behind the hack and argue WikiLeaks is aiding foreign interference in the elections. Putting aside the agendas of all the players involved, one institution comes out undeniably sullied by the publication of the emails: the American news media.
Talking us through the story: Zack Beauchamp, world correspondent, Vox.com; Alex Griswold, media correspondent, Mediaite and Ben Norton, politics reporter, Salon.
On our radar:
Ethiopia enforces new restrictions on opposition media, as part of a state of emergency declared two weeks ago.
Wikileaks and the controversial Clinton files
WikiLeaks has made public thousands of leaked emails from the Clinton presidential campaign. Much of it confirms what many already suspected, that Clinton has a far too cozy relationship with bankers and journalists. Some say the revelations are valuable information for voters. Others have accused Russia of being behind the hack and argue WikiLeaks is aiding foreign interference in the elections. Putting aside the agendas of all the players involved, one institution comes out undeniably sullied by the publication of the emails: the American news media.
Talking us through the story: Zack Beauchamp, world correspondent, Vox.com; Alex Griswold, media correspondent, Mediaite and Ben Norton, politics reporter, Salon.
On our radar:
Ethiopia enforces new restrictions on opposition media, as part of a state of emergency declared two weeks ago.
Russian state-owned channel RT has had its bank accounts in the UK frozen.
Malaysia’s government continues its harassment of cartoonist Lunar, after he is blocked from leaving the country.
Kurdish media under pressure
Late last month, 25 media outlets - most of them Kurdish - were ordered closed by Turkey's broadcast regulator. As the national state of emergency is extended, more and more Kurdish journalists find they are being treated as enemies of the state. The Listening Post's Flo Phil
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