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Originally Posted by zeek
I wish you were right. However, you're overlooking the Old School October surprise of FBI Director James Comey delivering his Oct. 28 letter to Congress announcing that he was reopening his investigation into Clinton’s e-mails. That did timely damage to Clinton among swing voters. When do suppose Comey will become accountable? He's got another seven years as Director.
Republicans have been talking about accountability forever. Great rhetoric. It appeals to the conscience. But, in practice, it almost always applied to the other. I mean, accountability was a big plank in George W. Bush's first campaign for present. But, he was never held accountable for not protecting the country on 9/11/2001 or lying to get us to invade Iraq.
Wikileaks and other hacking sources have become a players. So now a glut of data is flying. What to make of it all is the near problem. The amount of relevant data is more than any individual can assimilate. Will it be a force for good or evil? Like any weapon, probably both. Look how Russia manipulated the last election. Your optimism is unfounded.
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I did not forget Comey but doubt he had much of an influence other than to remind voters of the close connection between Clinton and sexual perverts and deviants.
Any criminal would prefer the information is not flying about. Once it is they then move to obfuscation and other techniques like misinformation. This is a decidedly less successful strategy than to keep people in the dark.
However this is what the profession of Journalism is supposed to do, cut through the glut of information to get to the heart of the matter. Wikileaks will help them do their job. It will not eliminate shoddy journalism or misinformation.