Journal Entry #7 - WikiLeaks & Whistleblowing

10 famous/infamous whistleblowers 

This article was based on the famous and infamous of all time. These people were known for leaking information (good and bad) about people and organizations that have withheld information about something. These people were also not always the best of people but they got the job done, some of these people were portrayed in movies. 

This topic relates to the topic we viewed last week because this is about people leaking information they shouldn't have but did anyways because it was going to help people of the public in the end. Whistleblowing, I believe, is a good thing. I think this because people need to know what is going on in this crazy world. For example, when those soldiers shot those innocent people for no reason and they said it was 'fun'. People would have never known about that situation if that whistleblower did not leak it. 

This topic connects to the world of journalism because this helps people. We need people like them to help us understand that not all things that go on are good. These whistleblowers are a great help to the world and I fully support them. These people goes through a lot of troubles to be able to gain the support and trust of the organizations and people. They gain all that trust then leak their secrets. 

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