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by bduerst 2698 days ago
Agreed. Wikileaks may have been reputable at some point in the past but they're not trustworthy now. It's not so much the 'focus on Hillary' but their focus on being pro-Russian state. [1]

The founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has his own show on RT [2], which mean's he's essentially being paid by Russia's state propaganda media [3]. That, along with attacking the Panama papers leak for "going after Putin", and a string of other pro-Russia activity, means Wikileaks is not to be trusted.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks#Allegations_of_Russi...

[2] https://www.rt.com/tags/the-julian-assange-show/

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_(TV_network)#Propaganda_cla...

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Everyone ignore the fact that leaked documents layer out a plan by US Intel agencies to discredit Assange and WL via tactics just like this, these are now the leaks we're looking for apparently.

RT has some of the best coverage of some things around, and this constant talking as of it is putins right hand in media form is grounded in tribalism and not in careful evaluation of the facts.

Which parts of the wikipedia citation are "grounded in tribalism"?