<i>&gt; all these &#x27;wikileaks should be run by us&#x27; people would fold</i><p><i>Au contraire</i>: they would <i>relish</i> the power. Who wants to be a stenographer? Media people want to be <i>gatekeepers</i> and <i>tastemakers</i>. Even when they fold under pressure from higher powers, they rationalize it away as &quot;trading favours&quot;. When some random uppity Joe Bloggs comes around and shreds their credibility as gatekeepers, they get mad.