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In this exclusive North American broadcast premiere, we go behind the scenes of one of the most secretive organizations in the world. WikiLeaks has made over a million secret documents public, but until now this Internet service for whistleblowers remained shrouded in mystery. With unprecedented access we follow a Swedish Television crew as they go inside the underground Internet network into the clandestine world of its enigmatic Editor-in-Chief — Julian Assange — and his information warriors. |
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This exactly indicates the predicament of WikiLeaks, the whistle blower website, after more than 250,000 United States diplomatic cables were let loose on the Internet last week.WikiLeaks has blamed The Guardian... Full Read
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Rebbell
Cathy, Come Home, Please. Are you out to lunch? We will still love you if you think for yourself, just as our buddy did.
That's why I hate the US. This is the consequence of everyone who speaks against the US. Today, it's Assange, tomorrow it will be one of us, whoever stands up for justice. This is pure dictatorship and US is out in the world fighting against it, when US is the biggest dictator.
US hater!
...watching 2011.02.04 broadcast of the "Wikirebels" Programme and enjoying it very much...your tracking of the story in collaboration with Iceland, Sweden, Britain and so forth. It is quite the story following visiting globe-trotters who do the same expose as you do and all the rest of the media it appears. I do not think he is threat nor anyone involved. It's more like cyber-fantasy a la Agatha Christie. But, who is the Detective and who the detected? Besides, what has been released is old news, no doubt. Oh, by the way, did Assange get off the "forced" sex charges in Sweden? It is not clear why he can not go home to Australia. I would very much appreciate an update on the Wikirebels piece. Thank-you.
It is not fair to judge the entire U.S based on the actions of a group of soldiers and a group of politicians. What those soldiers did was wrong but they do not represent the whole of the United States military and the military does not represent the whole of the United states
a very interesting documentary I'm doing a speech on Julian Assange and it helped a lot that it was presented from a objective point especially since this is such a controversial topic. Thank you fith estate
I suggest the commentors here take a look at the website "Veterans Today" to see the articles on Assangwich.
Can we say Psyops?
good story,.. I agree "Wikihero" works better for me. Hopefully this spurs more truthful reporting by new and old news "handlers".
Good for the internet and those who know how to use it,... the secret lives/lies of power brokers may finally be at risk
Information is out there to be shared. The question is not whether it is ethical. . .but rather are we as a human race able to deal with our secrets and the secrets of others. Who among us does not carry secrets that could alter our own lives? This brings to mind the saying "Live in such a way that you would not be afraid to sell your parrot to the town gossip".
Information is out there to be shared. The question is not whether it is ethical. . .but rather are we as a human race able to deal with our secrets and the secrets of others. Who among us does not carry secrets that could alter our own lives? This brings to mind the saying "Live in such a way that you would not be afraid to sell your parrot to the town gossip".
riddle me this? Bob Woodward got ahold of information that wasn't meant for him. Brought down a president. Assange does the same and exposes illegal activity by US and may be on his way to Gitmo. Assange published his info on a site. NY times had to go to that site to pull the info. Why are they not in doodoo? They published the info much more broadly than Assange
Investigative journalism in Canada is dead. That's why we must turn to organizations like wikileaks. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could contact the Fifth Estate and actually have them follow up on stories of wrong doing here in Canada?
I've already written and complained about this but I'll repeat my self AGAIN!!!!
Why is it that foreign doctors in BC are purposely kept from practicing here when we have a shortage of doctors and ordinary people are forced to use walk-in-clinics as a substitute for a GP. BC medical SELLS the residencies, that foreign doctors must complete, to middle eastern locum students. Only 4 residencies are available for the 100 foreign doctors who pass the BC medical exam every year. I have lived in Victoria BC for 6 years and I have no GP. I was misdiagnosed in a walk in clinic given the wrong medication for 2 1/2 years and nearly died.
Why doesn't the Fifth Estate investigate the fact that BC medical is blocking foreign doctors from practicing in BC??? We need these doctors and they are here wanting to work.
In a city (Victoria)with a chronic shortage of doctors a gangster and former Chinese military soldier with only book knowledge of acupuncture and no practical experience is allowed to set up a clinic as a side business and tax write off. How many people have lost money and health over this???
I have a lot more but there is no point listing it here because investigative journalism is dead in Canada. We need a wikileaks here to investigate these stories and make the wrong doers accountable.
Do your job Fifth Estate.
wikileaks tells the truth, the thing is they steal their info
I'm sorry I missed the interview on the Fifth Estate but I did see the one on 60 Minutes. The interviewer on that show was very intimidating towards Assange and it was the "right in your face" type of questioning. He obviously was showing his contempt for Assange but this man kept his cool and had all the answers.The following week on 60 Minutes the same interviewer had the son of a convicted mobster on his show. This time he was very cordial, smiling and they even walked through a park during the interview.I thought it was very hypocritical.
I agree. Hillary Clinton came out and spoke against Assange, instead of apologizing for the behaviour of her own government. It was ridiculous, yet for several days the press seemed to take the side of the government. As this documentary points out, there ARE some concerns that reporters etc need to consider, in terms of releasing the names of vulnerable innocents. But, that hardly makes Assange an enemy combatant!
Love the show. This is a great episode. Can you please balance the volume from commercial to show, however? I have to crank it up to hear the show, and then have my ears blasted when the commercial comes on!
They should have named this segment WikiHeroes instead of WikiRebels. Many Nations blanket us with their insidious propaganda daily and so our perceptions become one-sided, skewed and tainted.
Individuals who believe in freedom of the press are persecuted and victimized all over the world for revealing the facts.
This is a typical David vs Goliath story. If you don't want your sordid laundry put out for all to see then I suggest that some sort of moral behavioral modification is in order.
The source material is what it is and so let's consider it's source and those who created it. Wikileaks simply exposed it.
Those individuals that committed war crimes against innocent people have not been brought to justice.
In a democracy, Governments are an extension of the people that voted for them and so all Governments must be held accountable for their actions and misdeeds just as all persons are, in what we hope is truly a 'just society'.
We would all be better off in a world with more transparency. Wikileaks exists because we lack this transparency.
Julian Assange is a brave man! But, the truth should be exposed for peace peacefully with veridicality. Just showing reality what has really happened doesn't always reach to good results. If the critical information of any governments is revealed and used for a strategy to overthrow the country, unnecessary war such as Russia against the U.S., China against the U.S. might be occured for example. He is Australian, so maybe he doesn't care about it so much.
Yes indeed!
And I find it quite sinister that a team of lawyers in the US is likely devoted to having Julian Assange extradited to face charges there - charges which they may succeed in "manufacturing", in spite of the fact that freedom of speech and freedom of the press is a fundamental part of the American Constitution. And WikiLeaks is, in essence, an extension of traditional press.
I wish Julian Assange and WikiLeaks well; they have succeeded in implementing a milestone shift in how information, and hence accountability, may be obtained by the public on the actions of their elected governments and related institutions.
Army BS - shouldn't you be somewhere else...?
WikiLeaks shows an American Apache gunship splattering two children all over the street of Baghdad and several other civilians with 30mm canon fire and the whistle-blower to this war crime is going to jail for 50 years and the leaders of the U.S. are calling WikiLeaks enemy combatants and worse for their role as messenger.
The U.S. has lost its moral compass.
Why cant is see this Video?
Well said ! -If you don't want the corrupt and heinous things you say exposed to the world, THEN DON'T SAY THEM !
I saw this episode and was really disappointed that things for Assange became so personal. Here is a classic story about some guys that want to do good and the very thing that united them, now tears them apart.
I believe in the fundementals of Wikileaks and their stance on sharing the truth. The problem is the unforseen consequences and unintentioned damage that comes as fall out. What Wikileaks says to me is "The truth will set you free", the problem is there are a lot of lies out there. The way to bring things to a positive end; Forgive the past, learn from the present, and live for the future. Everyone has made at least one bad choice in their life. Some are worse than others. But if the World - Civilization would just agree that things that have happened are over, we could move forward from the damage that has become our history. We could move to a place of calm. I as so proud of what is happening in Egypt. I know there have been deaths, but they have not been in vain. 10 years ago, there would have been 100s of deaths (at the hands of the military) - now - Good for you all Egyptians! Way to make change on a civilized level!
"Sarah Palin has said the Wiki leader should be hunted down, comparing him to "al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders."
Sarah's just got her panties in a bunch (much as the rest of the US and world) because finally all those little secrets they had are being exposed.
The truth hurts dont it? If you are so worried about people knowing what youre up to - dont do anything that you wouldnt want them to know. Dont be shady. If you've got nothing to hide then you dont have to worry. And hey, we all screw up, we all do things we arent proud of - but being able to admit that is honorable.
I think it's about time government decided to "man-up" and make transparency a value
People who make accusations without any explanation should keep quiet. They would avoid looking foolish.
Do you care to explain about your accusation?
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Thank you Mr. Linden Macintyre and all of the supporting staff at Fifth Estate for this exposure,of yet just another very ugly truth about mankind. My heart breaks in seeing and realizing just how incredibly corrupt the human race is. Truth, being an absolute, like the law of gravity, must, for the sake of mankind, be respected no differently than all other absolutes. Mr Ussange should be revered as a man of great integrity for his altruistic motivation in all of his efforts to revolutionize our world. He, like so many other well intentioned visionaries with idealistic hopes and resulting plans of action, for the sole benefit of all mankind, can be likened to the stoical, self sacrificing individuals that participated in righteous based movements in the past. A parrallel can also be drawn between the story about the persecution and defamation involving the man named Jesus, so long ago. The sole root to all of mans lies, throughout all historical records, is our inherent selfishness, which, because it is nurtured, supported and re-enforced in our society today, no differently than in the past, TRUTH, through the eyes of all of the human race that has conformed to the staus quo,is the enemy. The evil that must be prevented or stopped at all costs. It`s played out before just like it plays out now and always will. Mankind is so beguiled by way of their own deceit. I too, have never joined the rank and file represented by the majority, and have also experienced many persecutions, unjust false accusations and ostrasizations all because Truth, which I`ve always supported and been in the quest for all my life, is never convenient for those who truly have something reprehensible to hide.
Sorry for my wordiness. I could ramble on all night, but out of respect I`ll stop now.
Sincerely
Mitch Harnett
Long live Essange and the internet. We are earthlings before we are Canadians, Americans, Iranians, Russians, Chinese or any other National group.
As usual CBC excels at creating confusion and misinformation. Mr. MacIntyre's insistance to concentrate on false accusations against Mr. Assange instead of elaborating on his courage is very much in line with CBC's overall policy of support for U.S. empire. Not surprisingly there was no mention of the fact that the first prosecutor in Sweden rejected the sexual assault accusation for the lack of evidence. No mention either that, according to American Constitutional experts, Mr. Assange's activity is TOTALLY LEGAL.
That CBC is such a corporate servant does not bother me; that is what corporate journalists get paid for. What truly angers me is that my tax money is used to finance misinformation.
A very disturbing documentary. Before this I only suspected Julian Assange was a hero to modern society. Now I'm sure. He is a formidable counter force to the spin doctors of our government and corporations. He must be protected from the false persecution that is inevitable by the US government. Perhaps that is only possible by a growing and enduring support from people all over the world.
God help the Americans. How can they run away from the truth that has been let out. Talk about a smoking gun. Thank God for people like Julian Assange who have the guts to let it all out. After watching this documentary, I am again convinced that one day those who have "blood" on their hands will face justice.
It is ironic that the fifth estate would report on the history of wikileaks when the emergence of wikileaks was necessary due to the failure of the fourth estate to expose government abuse of "the need for secrecy" and corporate litigious bullying.
8 Feb. 2011,
I watched with great interest the documentary of Julian Assange's Wikileaks. He has the courage to speak out on issues he is able to glean from various sources on his bewsite. Very brave. It also shows he is NOT afraid of anyone in this world. He is NOT afraid of the Yanks pardon for saying so who already have a notorious almighty attitude towards anyone else who is against their selfrighteous attitiudes. However, having said this he does need to show in my opinion the discretion and tact how to expose evil. Perhaps he is trying so. Now that we know that the Swedish justice system is after him on allegations of sexual misconduct, which is so obviously cooked up by his enemies, the sly American justice system is after him for speaking out and exposing truths that the public DOES have a right to know just like any other journalist. I know for sure that behind all this is a very powerful unseen force (men of power) to get rid of him because he has hit a sensitive snare. WHo could that be? I believe it is the secret organisation called The ORDER (also know as the Skull and Bones society established in 1832) But that is a different topic altogether. Freedom of speech in a democratic society? No. it is all limited democracy anywhere in the western world. That includes limited and controlled freedoms of the Press! Believe me this is true.
Well done Fifth Estate. I know you are not perfect and a lot more can be said about Wikileaks (neither perfect) but keep up exposing the truths. The American 'system' is responsible for a lot that happens in this world and NOT always for the good. As far as the american military system is concerned and the way they act are just as bad as Al-Quaida and other terrorist oragnisations especially the CIA is concerned. They are just evil. That is the truth one does not hear in the media!!. Thanks Fifth Estate for showing the program. I don't think Wikileaks will die. The Truth will always be exposed. Never be afraid.
Spot ON!
This is the story of the year, and Fifth Estate offers the first and so far only serious treatment of the subject that I have seen in Canadian media. Mostly the Wikileaks story is ignored completely or treated as a criminal hacker/personality story. How can the media complain about people going to the internet to find out what is going on? Spiegel already has a special issue and a book out about Wikileaks while the Canadian media, on the whole, barely acknowledges that the story exists. If the Canadian media is losing readers, listeners and viewers in droves, then they should stop blaming the internet and look at themselves.
Watching the brutal murder scene and hearing the comments of the murderers forced me to reflect on the cult-like body of people who participate in military/weapon related activity.
One day soon, we'll realize the catalytic/evolutionary effect of transparency.
People of conscience are rapidly rising.
It is too bad a renowned journalist like MacIntyre cannot resist painting his bias into the interviews of Assange and his allies (ie over-dramatizing the impact of the sexual abuse allegations and their impact within the "wikileaks" group). Its obvious to all that the U.S. has a lot to hide and is therefore highly motivated to vilify the man and the idea of transparency. I have lost some respect for The Fifth Estate and its quality of reporting.
I was disappointed to see that you chose to focus your attention on Julian Assange rather on than the many fascinating and important aspects of Wikileaks you could have investigated. I’m bored with the ‘cult of personality’ style of journalism.
Was that children being tortured by american soldiers?
Just watching my PVR of this show.... Wow. I'm so completely DISGUSTED by that helicopter slaughter video of two guys with CAMERAS, AND by the haha comment at the end. SICK!!! AMERICAN SOLDIERS MAKE ME SICK!!!
Does anybody know how do we get Assange out of jail???? I'm convinced those rape charges are trumped up to silence him.
For the most part, I enjoyed the doc. But one sentence bothers me. Concerning the allegation of rape; "The scandal greatly damaged not only Julian Assange, but also WikiLeaks". Totally disagree. Everyone figured out from day one, those charges were a setup. As far as support, read comments under any WL stories on any web site, including American news sites and you'd see that almost all commenter's support him.
I have spent years trying to support the U.S.A and their armies in the fields but this news shows the army or the soldiers are behaving in a terrible way as if there is no retribution to their behavior. These leaks must be shown and told around the world. We should be showing the correct way to behave or else get out and go home. These are not video games.
so whats the big deal ...its been like this for years...its the army ....kill or be killed ...i feel for the guy ...but ....its what your trained to do ....save your troupe ...save your team ...kids in that country are raised to shoot soldiers by the age of 10 ...what do you think will change ...nothing at all is my answer
I watched the entire episode and was impressed at the story itself having followed most of the news about wikileaks and it's founder.
Given what we now know as a result of wikileaks two helicopter shootings that in my humble opinion are American Troops committing murder right before our eyes!
Why is this injustice not going before a War Crimes Tribunal and the US being charged with War crimes? If this was reversed you can be sure the US would be initiating War Crimes charges!
you are exactly right, this makes me sick watching this,
You people should be ashamed of yourselves, you know NOTHING of Julian Assange or of his ideals.
If you only had half or a shred of integrity in comparison this world would be a far superior place.
You want to understand how he thinks? www.johnpilger.com - Watch the Assange interview, you will not regret it by a REAL journalist - it's better and a real conversation with a guy who lets face it can get any woman he wants, he's no rapist. That's *****, he's better looking than most men.
-ghost
At the end of the day...I got to bed.
Unbelievable that many "whistleblowers" put THEIR live at risk, by providing all these documents to Mr. Assange's website! Amazing story...
Unfortunately, I have to agree with "Eslendy Empee?" the female lady who stated that "MORE STRUCTURE" was needed BEFORE leaking certain documents, in "WikiRebels" Broadcast DATE: Friday, February 4, 2011...thanks Fith Estate...
Truthseekers beware - the powermongers are the real terrorist
Do you call that an educated opinion? How old are you? 10?
Congratulations to Fifth Estate on Wikileaks documentary. I support Assange's mission to expose the truth behind the machinations of power and politics. Well done.
I'm sorry to tell you, ScanSpeak, that Julian Assange is a very intelligent man! For showing us the reality we do not very often see, is a mark of courage!
Wikileaks Is The Fifth Estate of the world -Not Affraid To Go in the Dark Corners To Find truth
Both Are A Rare Commidity "Truth" And Not Just A political Spin Of The Truth.Watch 5th All Time Some Episodes Twice Only Connection In Media And Truth Available To Public Of Canada and The Honest World (vety Small) And Always Short On "truth"
Biggest Surprise Is Since CBC Is Publically Funded It Has Of Yet Felt The Wrath Of Harpo.And Be One Of His Many Funding Cuts.One Of Biggest Disgrace And Hollywood Harper Spin Is That Of E.I .Fund Which Pulled a Houdini with a + 55 Billion Then Vaporized Into government coffers . Now Harpo Claims Aid To Unemployed - Strange math 101.
While I believe in freedom of the press, I do not believe anyone has the right to put others in harms way. The Afghanis helping the Allies should never have been identified. Julian Assaunge can call them collateral damage, but he didn't have that right. Only those who were involved have the right to out themselves.
Great piece.
Kudos to someone stepping up to shine the light on those who abuse their power repeatedly.
Governments should not be immune to public scrutiny, especially when it comes to "war".
The video of the US soldiers in the helicopter is appalling- and if this is only a bit of what is going on in the Middle East by US troops and others, we can only imagine what else is going on.
Thank you fifth estate, great story, keep them coming. This Assange now facing charges on alleged sexual offensives, is the oldest play in the book, the man behind the curtain has been discrediting the meek forever. When any one interfere with the evil power plan. Let the truth set us free.
If anyone had any doubt that Julian Assange should be given the Nobel Peace
Prize, this week’s episode of the Fifth Estate should convince them. If you are short
on time fast forward to about 16 minutes in – brave US soldiers committing
war crimes as if they were playing a video game.
Citizens of western countries need to join the revolution started in Tunisia and Egypt.
Right, did you even watch the show? What is creepy is the US soldiers in Iraq blowing up a man driving children to school as if they were playing a video game (at about 16 minutes in).
There is no question, the US is the most evil nation on earth...And that's a shame,because the
American people are more than nice.They do not
deserve what their government is bringing their
way. I hope that the rest of the world does not
treat them the way they have treated the rest of
the world.
I watched "Wikirebels" with great interest. I had seen a part of the helicopter sequence in the past, but never the whole thing. I find it interesting that the USA, which has been hot to pursue war crimes and war criminals in the past seems so intent upon smearing Assange and not pursuing the war crimes that were shown in that video sequence.
Also, this is the first time I have had good audio of the radio communications of that event. Those kids sound like they were totally strung out on crack or crank.
More like Julian Assange. Exposing EVIL is not illegal. It is MANDATORY. Hope for humanity's existance is to uncover and bring to light the cruelties exposed by WiKiKi Leaks. May this cause movement to action.
There is so much intricate and corrupt covert goings-on all over the world, that we will never be able to catch up on what injustices have been done. Our society has become so engrossed in privacy and freedom issues, that it is nigh unto impossible to know all the truth. Assange et al have exposed only a smidgen of it.
Brilliant documentary! Could've been 2 or 3 hours longer as far as I'm concerned. The more information, the better. Thank you!
Musa;
As a veteran watching as more and more of our troops coming home in caskets,committing suicide,and or,having to deal with PTSD it is a blessing to see so many leaders ,and followers, welcoming the coming forth of a tidal wave of ,The Truth That Makes Us Free....
Canbambi's comment is worth noting. The CBC's Fifth Estate is late in reporting on WikiLeaks in this way. Not only because of the other WikiRebels documentary. But because its late in exploring so many issues surrounding what WikiLeaks brings to bear: the disconnect between what governments really think and do, and what they say they think and do "officially," on the news, at press conferences, and on the ground, etc.
True, WikiLeaks is not as transparent as it claims governments should be. But governments claim to represent the voice, wants and needs of its citizens; they claim to be transparent. WikiLeaks makes no such claims. It does claim to provide services for whistleblowers, who themselves never make the claim to represent citizens either. Most whistleblowers claim to represent important information that contradicts, or complexifies the simplistic and edited information put out by governments.
It's really too bad that this episode was so obviously finished several months ago. Some significant things have happened since then with the trials in Briton. It would have been enlightening to see some investigation into the process that went on there.
Oxymoron: Military intelligence
This guy is awesome for finding this information, people are sick for thinking that what some of the US soldiers did was right.
The Part about Lamo and Mannings are completely false, entirely made up! Read Greenberg at salon dot com.
Glad I get CBC in Seattle, because your video doesn't play here. It should. Many US citizens would love to have the chance see this important piece of work.
We don't get the news here. I just rewatched the collateral murder video again and watching those men's last moments again saddened me beyond belief.
Those of us against the wars have been unable to stop the people doing this.
Great story, but seriously Fifth Estate, what in the hell is with the string session playing under the video of killing civilians. You're the news not Apocalypse Now! The video should talk for itself, it doesn't need a score to make it affective. Highly disappointing crosses the line into temerity.
Linden MacIntyre provided nothing more than a voice over to the two month old documentary Wikirebels of which can be found on youtube.
If the CBC and The Fifth Estate have now resorted to plagarisizing the work of others so as to offer Canadians investigative television reporting and programing ? It's time for further funding cuts to the CBC.
I thought the dramatic music was inappropriate. Just the facts and dialogue of those involved at the time would have made an impact on viewers.
What is wrong with exposing the murder of innocent people for "fun" - WikiLeaks wicked and villainous? Um, and the US military would be...?
WikiLeaks is primarily about the 'untruths' of war. Why is this - LEAKED - information not followed up by media? Let me be more specific... Can the military shoot anyone and get away with it ?? Remember to -- SUPPORT OUR TROOPS --
this had the potential to be a very thorough and interesting piece on one of most important media organizations of my lifetime. even the opening promised 'unprecedented access' to Assange. yet most of the entire program was filled up by the host's VO. it seemed like the person who got the most air time was the woman who used to back Assange. Assange himself was deduced to a bunch of short soundbytes, the longest of which felt like was about 20-30seconds at most. and what was with that lame dramatic music cue when showing the afghan helicopter video?
the power of Wikileaks is that they provide information – straight up, no political filtering BS. the information is the most important and valued thing. this program took such a subject and made it your usual mundane television pap.
i am disappointed by this production.
Weakedness, huh? Definitely not Assange! What are you? Someone who believes the crap the US wants the world to believe? Someone who enjoys seeing children killed? Perhaps Reagon's reference to the Soviet Union as an evil empire has now backfired. We see who is evil, militarily destroying what it cannot destroy financially. It is the USA.
Assange is not the culprit here, folks. The crazed murderers in the U.S. military are.
Just watched the episode. It had an honest, open, informative and neutral discussion on the subject. I recommend any one of you to watch this. Believe me, it affects all of us.
Ones Microsoft founder said "Information is power". Mr.Julian Assange used Information power against USA. US media (CNN,MSNBC) tell them self free media they didn't find out these secrets. US government telling it's self a democratic country are they sharing all the information to their public or people.
I really like The Fifth Estate, and consider the show a bastion of intrepid, but relatively balanced reporting.
BUT, in tonight's episode about WikiLeaks, the show's producers chose to add powerful and dramatic violin music to the showing of the Iraqi helicopter slaughter video. That was clearly designed to elicit a significant emotional reaction in the audience; much more like a Hollywood war epic, than a News Magazine. I found that unacceptable. I'm a filmmaker and understand the power of adding music to a scene. It's one thing to add a neutral soundtrack to a story, its manipulative to add music that is clearly designed to sway the viewer towards a certain emotional response, leaning towards the producers' point of view.
Don't get me wrong, the actions of that helicopter crew was completely unacceptable, abhorrent, and illegal. they should be brought to justice. However, I want my news clear, clean and as neutral as possible; and than includes being devoid of additional elements and creative editing designed to present, and suggest a certain point of view.
If the producer(s) want to present their opinion, they can start a new show that clearly states that position, or go and work for another news agency/network that allows for personal opinion in their news reporting.
I wish the show continued success and I look forward upcoming episodes.
Arpeggio for strings, never got to hear that when I was in contact. Definitely saw an RPG in the initial contact.
Must be nice to sit , comfortable, behind a computer screen and analyze, never had that luxury
do any of u understand english.wikileaks has the raw material the real truth is in there look for it,
Read the bible. I am far from religious but I do believe that Assange can be found in Revelations. As the seals are opened seal number one is the Anti Christ..... Julian Assange
Fifth missed the mark with WikiLeaks. Exciting topic, but no new information. Disappointing.
The opening statements for this sound extremely overly dramatized. I _seriously_ doubt the backend of Wikileaks was/is all THAT illusive..
But at the end of the day, if the story isn't dramatic enough, who'd care to read it?
Glasnost has finally arriving to the western world as well..it is about time to expose the imperialist, bankers and the rest of the global parasites..
Assange is creepy.
Looks interesting - can't wait to watch! :)
Julian Assange is a scamp who is devoted to wickedness !
CBC is a year too late for this story! Check out Wikirebels on youtube...the documentary about wikileaks and their editor in chief, Julian Assange.
wikirebel's its true ! due to that rebel's breakout in the middle east Tunisia, Eygpt, Algeria,Sudan,etc.. ,my question is who is gain from all wikileakage ??? thanks Fifth estate