Track WikiLeaks changes

[douglaslucas]

WikiLeaks deletes its tweets and makes small but significant changes to the text on its website not infrequently. These differences have news value[1, 2].

WikiLeaks (rightfully, in my opinion) presents itself as a highly ethical news organization building an objective historical record of what humanity does. In that light, Julian Assange has stated[3] his concern with news organizations changing the material on their websites without alerting readers and has also asked[4] US news outlets to make corrections about him on their websites more prominent.

The same attention should be afforded to WikiLeaks itself. Especially as WikiLeaks is a new media organization with global impact, tracking its changes would fit right into NewsDiff's mission.

[1] https://twitter.com/DouglasLucas/status/366712539612061697

[2] http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/wikileaks-spokesman-insists-snowden-statement-is-genuineh

[3] http://www.e-flux.com/journal/in-conversation-with-julian-assange-part-i/

[4] http://www.imediaethics.org/News/3130/_assange_not_charged__mcclatchy_corrects_record_in_4_newspapers__editors_not_informed.php