Published 21 July 201021 July 2010 · Main Posts On Manning, Lamo, WikiLeaks, Greenwald, new media and old journalism Jacinda Woodhead I have an article up at Drum about all of the above: How has the online temperament of news changed journalism? In Katrina Fox’s article on objectivity, transparency and advocacy in journalism, “What’s your bias?”, Marcus O’Donnell, lecturer in journalism, explains: [O]bjectivity was a trust mechanism we relied on in media that didn’t do links. But now we can make it perfectly clear where we are coming from, what our sources are and what our values are, and it is this transparency that is the new trust mechanism that both readers and writers have to rely on. Consider the recent Bradley Manning-Adrian Lamo-WikiLeaks case, a tangled web of intrigue, opacity and half-truths, with a dose of nepotism thrown in. Manning, a young US soldier, allegedly boasted to web journalist Lamo, online, that he was the source of the Apache helicopter video, Collateral Murder, in addition to a number of other documents leaked to WikiLeaks, including unreleased footage of a civilian massacre in Afghanistan and “hundreds of thousands of classified State Department records”. No-one outside the key players, however, is quite certain to what extent Wired played a role in Manning’s arrest, how much information in Manning’s arrest, how much information was extracted by Lamo during the online chats or what information, if any, Manning actually leaked. Manning is potentially facing 53 years in prison for his unverified crimes. If he is indeed the source of the “Collateral Murder” video, journalist Glenn Greenwald asserts: That’s a whistleblower in the purest form: discovering government secrets of criminal and corrupt acts and then publicizing them to the world not for profit, not to give other nations an edge, but to trigger “worldwide discussion, debates, and reforms.” Read the article over at Drum. Jacinda Woodhead Jacinda Woodhead is a former editor of Overland and current law student. More by Jacinda Woodhead › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays First published in Overland Issue 228 10 November 202311 November 2023 · Subscriberthon 2023 On the final day of Subscriberthon, Overland’s most important members get to have their say Editorial Team BORIS A quick guide to another year of Overland, from your trusty feline, Boris. I liked the ginger cat story, though it made my human cry. I liked the talking cat, too, but I’m definitely in the “not wasting my time learning to talk” camp. But reading is good. And writing is fun, though it’s been challenging […] 1 First published in Overland Issue 228 9 November 20239 November 2023 · Subscriberthon 2023 On the second-last day of Subscriberthon, Overland’s co-chief editor Evelyn Araluen speaks truth to power Editorial Team To my friends and comrades, I’m not sure if there’s language to communicate how this last month has utterly changed me. This time a few weeks ago the busyness and chaos of bricolage arts and academic labour had so efficiently distracted me from my anxiety about the upcoming referendum that I forgot to prepare myself for its inevitable conclusion.