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.
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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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.
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.