Journalists: Today's Hereos?

Who are our hereos today? With so many ideologies, religions, ways of thinking, someone's hero can be another person's nemesis. The media plays a large role in the way people percieve who is a hero and who is a criminal. A current example of this hero/nemesis identity placed on one person: Julian Assange. Julian Assange is the founder of wikileaks.org and at the center of much contraversy as to the role of media in international politics and the world in general. Here is a video of a recent discussion between Julian Assage, philosopher Slavoj Zizek and American journalist, Amy Goodman at the Frontline Club in London.


What do you think about the role of journalists in today's world and how does that role relate to what "we" consider to be a hero? Leave your comments below!