For years, WikiLeaks has been known for it’s crusade against government secrecy. But, the Associated Press reports that innocent, private citizens have had very personal information published online. Why would the agency publish medical record, name child rape victims or out gay men in Saudi Arabia?
Raphael Satter & Maggie Michael, Associated Press: “Private lives exposed as WikiLeaks spills its secrets”
Emma Woollacott, Forbes: “Wikileakspublishes details of rape victims: Exposing tyranny – or a tyrant itself?”
Fast Company: “Is WikiLeaks no longer an institution that stands up fro an individual’s right to privacy?”
Peter Weber, The Week: “WikiLeaksis now releasing private information on rape victims, sick children, gay Saudis”
Amar Toor, The Verge: “WikiLeaksexposed sensitive data on hundreds of innocent people, including rape victims”
Abhimanyu Ghoshal, The Next Web: “WikiLeaksis carelessly publishing citizens’ sensitive data and turning them into targets”
Gawker’s gone to Univision
Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post: “What Univision saw in what’s left of Gawker”
Simon Dumenco, AdAge: “Never mind Peter Thiel. Gawker killed itself”
Josh Laurito, Gawker Data: “Closing the book on Gawker.com”
Shan Wang, Nieman Lab: “After 14 years, Gawker.com is officially dead. Here are some numbers to remember its life by”
Peter Sterne, POLITICO: “Univison’s Isaac Lee addresses Gawker employees”
Michael Calderone, Huffington Post: “GawkerMedia was saved, but Gawker.com is over”
Mathew Ingram, Fortune: “The death of Gawker isn’t something to cheer about”
Benjamin Mullin, Poynter: “Nick Denton is getting out of the news business”
Tom Scocca, Gawker: “Gawker was murdered by gaslight”
Changes to NPR comments
Elizabeth Jensen, NPR: “NPR website to get rid of comments”
Benjamin Mullin, Poynter: “NPR joins tide of publishers getting rid of comments”
Shan Wang, Nieman Lab: “NPR is retiring the comments section on its story pages (because of disuse, not just garbage fires)”
Cohen Peart, Denver Post: “Poll: Get rid of comment sections?”
Shoes make the woman
Veneta Rizvic, St. Louis Business Journal: “Meet St. Louis’ most influential business women”
Sarah Fenske, Riverfront Times: “St. Louis Business Journal defines women by their shoes, predictable backlash ensues”
Daniel Hill, Riverfront Times: “RFTdemands to see Business Journal editor Vince Brennan’s shoes”
Aisha Sultan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “Influential male business leaders and their favorite shoes”
Samantha Cooney, Motto: “Sexist photo shoot in St. Louis Business Journal criticized”
Saving Face Following Lochte’s Lies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdNm5yLIfkY
Richard Deitch, Sports Illustrated: “The world found out about Ryan Lochte’s story… by accident”
Katie Baker, The Ringer: “The world is watching: Ryan Lochte and the confusion of constant coverage”
Karen Crouse, New York Times: “For the Spotlight? Ryan Lochte was ready to do anything”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHfbo7AwASI
Aziza Jackson, Community Digital News: “American media coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympics: The ugly truth”
Richard Sandomir, New York Times: “Ryan Lochte’s robbery story faced a little resistance from NBC”
A shift in campaign strategy
Hadas Gold, POLITICO: “Did the Wall Street Journal scoop itself?”
Hadas Gold, POLTICO: “In Steve Bannon, Trump gets fellow rogue and provocateur”
Michael Calderone, Huffington Post: “Trump’s campaign is looking more and more like an elaborate media launch”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Latest in Fox News embarrassments: SeanHannity”
Lewandowski’s on the payroll
David Ferguson, Raw Story: “Latest FEC filings reveal that Trump paid CNN’s Lewandowski $20K in July”
Michael Calderone, Huffington Post: “Corey Lewandowski defends Donald Trump on CNN – and gets paid by both”
Matea Gold & Anu Narayanswamy, Washington Post: “Trump campaign has biggest spending month yet, but Clinton dominates financially”
Changes to federal prison policy
Jason Abbruzzese, Mashable: “Mother Jones appeals to readers as its private prison story makes change”
Shane Bauer, Mother Jones: “My four months as a private prison guard: A Mother Jones investigation”
George Curry (1947-2016)
Rebecca Hersher, NPR: “George Curry, legendary political and civil rights journalist, dies at 69”
Jackie Wattles, CNN Money: “George Curry, a champion of black press, dies at 69”
