According to a Guardian article, published online May 2nd 2011, the WikiLeaks organisation has been ‘extraordinary on so many levels’ (WikiLeaks, 2011). The Guardian is referring to the sheer scale of cables produced by the site, and/or the effect it has had on media outlets. The article focuses mainly on the Guantanamo Bay cables, and suggests that certain news outlets were anxious to be the first one to release the cables into the media jungle.
The cables were said to have caused quite a stir because people were openly named in them, which happened because a large amount of the cables were released unedited. The reason that many cables had not been edited was because news outlets were eager to have their story released before other news organisations. Although I mentioned that the cables sparked a varied response, the Guardian only received ‘two letters of complaint about the investigation’ (Guardian, 2011).
The advent of the Guantanamo cables has caused much coverage from the media. I find that many articles seem to centre on the people either behind the release of the documents (WikiLeaks, the Guardian and the New York Times), or about the people affected, i.e. the prisoners. Something I find most interesting is the way in which three different organisations cooperated (the organisations mentioned above), they worked together in order to process the cables and compromised about the release. I believe this could be quite a big step in the world of journalism.
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