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_shazbot_94 karma

So in other words, it is quite like that :)

Don't get me wrong, I don't see another way to do what wikileaks is doing without them becoming some sort of arbiter of what is dangerous and what is not, and certainly it is better that they are doing what they are doing than it would be if they weren't.

I just think we should not kid ourselves about the fact that wikileaks is, on some level, a sort of arbiter and that that comes with its own philosophical problems.

_shazbot_35 karma

What process do you go through in writing? Does it all just come to you in an epiphany of inspiration, or do you pound away for hours to get it perfect, or what?

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Do you think that this will continue to incentivize entertainment news, or rather news that panders to the feelings and biases of the consumer as opposed to focusing on (relatively) unbiased truth?

If not, how?