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0 pointsGabrielF0013y ago0 comments

The New York Times and other media organizations have an independent public editor whose job is to examine and explain how the paper has handled a particular issue and to provide criticism if they feel it is appropriate. They also publish letters to the editor and op-eds by people who disagree.

Again, I'm not saying that the New York Times is perfect, but its a lot better than Wikileaks.

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foobarqux13y ago

Those are weak checks and balances and are essentially ineffective for those most important problem: Stories which are never reported.

There are serious systemic faults that the NYT cannot solve. For example, 1. Corporate influence 2. Government influence 3. NYT management self-interest 4. NYT institution self-interest.

I'm not saying Wikileaks is perfect, but it certainly plugs those holes.

Finally, you needn't choose between NYT and Wikileaks, both can co-exist. But the world certainly could use more Wikileaks-like organizations than NYT-like ones.

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