Christiane Schulzki-Haddouti has formulated a complaint to the Press Council, because the level has exclusive access to the Wikileaks dispatches.
In its Blogppost to them justifies this step:
Am 12.12. were first published in 1344 dispatches. The editors are therefore - if the current pace of publication - for months have exclusive access to the main part of the material[...]
According to Directive 1.1 of the Press Code 'may the "inform the public of events or events that are essential to expression and decision-making", "not limited by exclusive agreements with informants or by the shield or be prevented." For close to one who, "the rest of the press from obtaining news from this meaning and therefore limited the freedom of information." "A monopoly on information seeking"
Both the piecemeal publication, as well as closer cooperation with the media were steps that Wikileaks had not originally planned, but only in subsequent leaks introduced to improve the media impact.
My layman understanding illuminates the argument against exclusive contracts one - and the exclusive contracts seem to me to not really be in the interests of Wikileaks' idea. On the other hand, there are of course good tactical reasons that speak for exactly this way. An interesting question.
Wikileaks should publish so little by little, yet for all media? Spontaneously I can think of little that would prevent it.
Also at the piecemeal publication and editorial revision of the dispatches, there is criticism of the way: If Cryptome for example, they argued, in "The Full Monty". The screening and review is a cowardly buckling before the United States.
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(Thanx HerrB!)
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