If the journalistic organization knew that the information they acquired was from a foreign government (Russia) that wanted to manipulate another countries election, would they still publish here-said information?
This criticism has never made any sense to me, and usually regresses to a non-sequitur comment like, “they didn’t publish any emails from the Republicans or the Russians”.
If people found out what Hillary’s campaign actually did and said, and decided that this didn’t align with their values in a President, that’s not Putin or Assange’s fault. That’s Hillary’s fault.