By Nancy A. Youssef
McClatchy Newspapers
Published: January 9, 2011
WASHINGTON — Not so long ago, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could count on American journalists to support his campaign to publish secret documents that banks and governments didn't want the world to see.
But just three years after a major court confrontation that saw many of America's most important journalism organizations file briefs on WikiLeaks' behalf, much of the U.S. journalistic community has shunned Assange — even as reporters write scores, if not hundreds, of stories based on WikiLeaks' trove of leaked State Department cables.
Continued. . .
January 10, 2011
In WikiLeaks fight, U.S. journalists take a pass
In WikiLeaks fight, U.S. journalists take a pass
