The Huffington Post is an interesting creation of the internet. It is a mix of a news website and a blog, and it seems to aim to cater toward the average Internet user: slight left leaning. This particular article (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/09/wikileaks-assange-transparency_n_820348.html) was published because it is the type of article the paper wishes to bring attention too: as well as the wiki-leaks issue is a important source of current news, and this media source wishes to stay on top of current events. Micah L. Sifry, the writer of the book ‘Wikileaks and the Age of Transparency’ which the article is about. He is the executive editor of the Personal Democracy Forum, which brings his interest to Assange and Wikileaks, as they represent the freedom of the press which is so vital to the democratic process. Wikileaks is a product of the transparency moment, attempting to promote government and business dealing to be more open and accessible. it should be noted that wiki-leaks is not actually a wiki, as the site has moved away from the actual wiki software. In the excerpt, Sifry supports the wikileaks and its actions – he believes that the wikileaks and its similar movements are something of the next step in the evolution of the Transparency movement. He makes a powerful argument for why the transparency is important and how the government and businesses are failing without it.