Wikileads

Most of the recently published analyses on Wikileaks have been written by professional reporters, for professional news organizations.

The BBC tackled this leak, a recording of an official at Kingston University telling students their degrees “will be shit” if they don’t lie on a national survey that ranks higher education in the UK. The Times Online wrote an article on the topic, too.

Reuters and the Guardian handled this leak, about EU agricultural practices. New Europe also covered that story.

And UPI’s homeland and national security editor investigated a classified memo, written by US Marine Maj. Gen. John Kelly, confirming horrible conditions at a Fallujah jail.

So Wikileaks appears to be gaining momentum. A good number of mainstream journalists take Wikileaks documents seriously. This could give the site a lot of legitimacy with the general populace, which could encourage the general populace to give more money to Wikileaks, which could increase the scope of the Wikileaks project.

The more mainstream articles written about Wikileaks, the more successful Wikileaks will be. PR is a powerful tool.