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The Leak Heard Round the World? Cablegate in the Evolving Global Mediascape

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On March 6, 2011, 100 days after US diplomatic cables leaked by WikiLeaks first appeared in the European and American press, an editorial on the WikiLeaks website celebrated the effects of the disclosures:

[In recent months] … the Tunisian revolution has removed a dictator of 23 years, we now know Arab countries urged America to take military action against Iran, why China cracked down on Google, that the UK government offered to “protect US interests” during its Iraq war inquiry … how the Yemeni government agreed to cover up US airstrikes on its soil, and that US diplomats were ordered to become spies and steal the DNA and other information from UN staff and NGO’s (WikiLeaks 2011a).

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  1. Department of Journalism, City University, London, UK

    Benedetta Brevini (Lecturer in Media Policy) (Lecturer in Media Policy)

  2. School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, UK

    Arne Hintz (Lecturer) (Lecturer)

  3. Department of Communication, University of Ottawa, Canada

    Patrick McCurdy (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Lynch, L. (2013). The Leak Heard Round the World? Cablegate in the Evolving Global Mediascape. In: Brevini, B., Hintz, A., McCurdy, P. (eds) Beyond WikiLeaks. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137275745_4

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