An article from the Guardian 5th of February 2011; ‘Traditional papers didn’t know how to handle the biggest story of our time’ by: Arriana Huffington

Wikileaks is an organisation surrounded by controversy. Due to the release of official government documents the site has been under heavy scrutiny from media sources. This can be seen by looking at the amount of articles produced since the sites launch in 2006. I merely glanced over the amount of articles produced by The Guardian in 2010 and it came up with 1,713. This conveys what a substantial issue Wikileaks has become. Wikileaks claims to ‘provide an innovative, secure and anonymous way for independent sources around the world to leak information to our journalists’ (Wikileaks, 2011). This is exactly what Wikileak’s is doing, there is no malicious intent in what they are doing, and they are merely bringing to light leaked government documents. The site also claims that any article submitted is then checked and re-written by one of their official journalists, therefore it cannot be argued that simply anyone can offer a ‘leak’, each leak is researched and they do not let just anyone edit their ‘source documents’ (Wikileaks, 2011).

 One thing I have found particularly interesting is a quote found in an article from The Guardian, which argues that; ‘it’s especially important to look at what Wikileaks is doing, as distinct from what its critics claim it’s doing’. The use of the word ‘critics’ show that it is being criticised, and it is perhaps more useful to look at objective reports on the site rather than ones fuelled by opinion/bias, as it should give one a better insight into the Wikileaks site. From my own personal research on the ‘about’ pages of the site I have become sensitised to the pro Wikileaks way of thinking and have found media reports to be fascinating now that I, personally, have a better knowledge of what the site is actually trying to achieve.