I think it's wrong for Wikieaks to release government information that they don't want released. The same as you wouldn't want the government to release everything about you to everyone, the government wouldn't want everything about it released. The reasons government keep things secret is because if they didn't they could potentially release something that could anger another country which could lead to weakened relations or possibly, war. The secrets the government keeps are kept for a reason and that's to protect it's people, which is the reason why we have a government in the first place. Although the government arguably may not have the best system, but it has worked alright now for a long time. It was not wrong for the government to imprison the guy who uploaded the footage because even though he felt it was something that people should have seen, he broke a law.
If I had information that I wanted to release, but the government told me not to, I would probably not release it. The way I see it is that I existed before I had the information and I was happy and that if I didn't release it, I could still live happy. If I were to release it, it could come back to bite me, such as the guy who released the US helicopter tapes.
I would rather send my information to Openleaks because I think you absolutly need to stay neutral if your going to give people information. Wikileaks was founded off the bases that when anyone does anything wrong, we will expose it. The problem is that they're almost fighting the United States.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/213120/dutch_arrest_16yearold_related_to_wikileaks_attacks.html
This article is about a kid who attacked credit card companies with DDOS attacks. He is only one of thousands of kids who are involved in the online group Anonymous which is infamous for attacks against scientology and multiplayer games such as Habbo Hotel. Members within the group will create programs, in this case what they call Low Orbit Ion Cannons, and give them out to members within the group. The programs flood sites, causing problems and eventually shutting down sites that they attack. This kid was charged, but he wasn't the ringleader of the group or anything, he was just a random guy. In response to the arrest, the group started what they are calling Operation:Payback which will attack more credit card companies. I don't think they can do too much other than cause little problems and talk alot. I don't think it was wrong to arrest this kid because what he did was illegal and he shouldn't have received special treatment because he did it for wikileaks.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Analyzing News Video
The news video I used is found at http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/1221258968/ID=1675011274
1. The news report is on a site called wikileaks releasing information that China is growing more and more frustrated with North Korea and would welcome a single Korea run by the South.
2. The establishing shot in this video is of a Korean military parade showing off soldiers, weapons, and bombs.
3. The video starts with the caption "Wikileaks: China Frustrated" and Carol MacNeil saying that China doesn't have as much power over Korea as we thought. This was her attention grabber to draw the viewer in.
4. A big source for this article is wikileaks, a website that leaks government information. Another is Andrew Nichols, a person they interview on how China feels about Korea.
5. Two questions they would have asked probably would have been are "Why is China upset with Korea?" and "How could this affect us?".
6. One type of B-roll in this video would be the scene with the military rally in the beginning and another would be when they show the soldiers burning the North Korean flag.
7. I think they could have used footage of maybe Chinease soldiers or even of the UN discussing the subject.
8. There is only one voice over and it's of Andrew Nichols saying basically that China does not have that much influence over Korea, that after Kim Jong Il dies, the country will very likely fall apart, and that Korea is still unpredictable.
9. The ending is when Andrew says that this information is China's opinion released through the wikileaks documents but it is not China's policy to release such information.
10. The reporter is Andrew Nichols and he doesn't have a tag; Carol just thanks him and it ends.
1. The news report is on a site called wikileaks releasing information that China is growing more and more frustrated with North Korea and would welcome a single Korea run by the South.
2. The establishing shot in this video is of a Korean military parade showing off soldiers, weapons, and bombs.
3. The video starts with the caption "Wikileaks: China Frustrated" and Carol MacNeil saying that China doesn't have as much power over Korea as we thought. This was her attention grabber to draw the viewer in.
4. A big source for this article is wikileaks, a website that leaks government information. Another is Andrew Nichols, a person they interview on how China feels about Korea.
5. Two questions they would have asked probably would have been are "Why is China upset with Korea?" and "How could this affect us?".
6. One type of B-roll in this video would be the scene with the military rally in the beginning and another would be when they show the soldiers burning the North Korean flag.
7. I think they could have used footage of maybe Chinease soldiers or even of the UN discussing the subject.
8. There is only one voice over and it's of Andrew Nichols saying basically that China does not have that much influence over Korea, that after Kim Jong Il dies, the country will very likely fall apart, and that Korea is still unpredictable.
9. The ending is when Andrew says that this information is China's opinion released through the wikileaks documents but it is not China's policy to release such information.
10. The reporter is Andrew Nichols and he doesn't have a tag; Carol just thanks him and it ends.
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