February 24's Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert spoke about many of the topics we have been discussing in class. He discussed watchdog journalism with Glenn Greenwald, a writer for Salon.com and the hype surrounding possible presidential candidates with the election so far away, with Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Mr. Greenwald's comments at 8:30 about what journalism should be, describe watchdog journalism, which is so elusive today. Colbert counters with a possible definition of soft news, which is so pervasive today. What is interesting is that Mr. Greenwald's description of what wikileaks does, fits the definition of watchdog journalism. Is wikileaks filling the gap and performing the functions that watchdog journalism should be doing? If so, should Julian Assange be penalized as they are currently trying to do (not including the rape allegations)?
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