Site Leaks Wikileaks are important and do not represent a failure of journalism, but of media companies. This was considered Guillermo López García, a professor at the University of Valencia and speaker at a panel discussion entitled "Wikileaks and journalism of the century", held this morning at the School of Journalism at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) Cuenca. The debate also included the participation of Juan Miguel Ortega, a professor of International Law at the UCLM, and Delia Rodriguez, a freelance journalist author of the blog ' Trending Topics' to El Pais Digital, which agreed on the increase visibility of power led by Julian Assange leaks, the controversial founder of Wikileaks.
Although governments have tried to downplay the revelations of Wikileaks, López García considers relevant for two reasons: because "we are told how the power when you are not observed" and that have been uncovered as the exclusive real alleged U.S. pressure to develop the "law Sinde" against illegal downloads on the Internet or the alleged attempts to silence the inquest into the death of Jose Couso, a English cameraman hit by a U.S. in the Iraq war. "If anyone doubts the importance of Wikileaks," said the professor at the University of Valencia, "has test the reaction of governments, which have placed emphasis on the rape allegations leveled against Assange and pressured-successfully-to the company that hosts the Wikileaks website (Amazon) or facilitated by citizen donations cards (Visa and Mastercard).
According to López García, Wikileaks no evidence the failure of journalism, but of media companies. "For what Wikileaks says have any effect need of traditional journalism," professionals who are able to digest the vast amount of data filtered by Assange and verify the accuracy of the information. In fact, says teacher, the impact of Wikileaks is due largely to the "mainstreaming" and "centrality" of mainstream media as The Country, The New York Times , Der Spiegel, Le Monde or The Guardian , who acted as relay amplifiers without which Wikileaks leaks could hardly have come to monopolize the agenda of public discussion. Paradoxically, in his view, the case Wikileaks exposes the dereliction of duties of traditional media companies that avoid publishing scandals involving large companies or related to political power. "Journalism and companies journalism are not the same, "he said López García. Fallacy argument
Juan Miguel Ortega elaborated on the importance, in their opinion, deserve the revelations of Wikileaks. "Governments tell us that what he says Assange already knew, but that argument is fallacious," he said. "More than knowing it sensed the difference is that now we have proof of what we suspected." For Professor of International Law UCLM Wikileaks means a preference for anonymous reporting on freedom of expression, which in his opinion reveals the weakness of Western democracies, whose mass media Traditional come to be confused with institutional political power.
Delia Rodriguez, for whom Wikileaks leaks are "the big world news over the last thirty years," Assange papers labeled the "poisoned gift" to the media. As a result of the weaknesses of traditional journalism, Wikileaks has made the major news media, highlighting their lack of independence and economic weakness due to the absence of a viable business model for journalism in the digital age. Rodriguez believes however that the Wikileaks case is also "a lesson in good journalism," in which professional mediators have made a considerable effort of synthesis and contextualization. "Having the roles of Wikileaks is like having a $ 500 ticket for bus fare," said freelance journalist to explain the challenge for journalists is the overabundance of information on the website of Assange. "Wikileaks is the epitome of what the Internet is, for better or for worse," said Rodriguez. "It's the equivalent of 'Save Me' on TV," the ultimate expression of the virtues and excesses of the media in question. The author of the blog 'Trending Topics' to El Pais Digital recommended reading Julian Assange profile published by the magazine Vanity Fair , piece that revealed that the founder of Wikileaks reached an agreement with several conventional media as a result of a calculated strategy, but to prevent their leakage were known from another source that had been sent to British newspaper The Guardian their own files.
From the audience, one of the journalism students asked the participants at the round table who said, Julian Assange would ask if given the opportunity to interview. For Delia Rodriguez, the hottest issue relates to the promised revelations about the Bank of America: "I wonder why they have not gone yet."
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