US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave threat to a free media
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Re: US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave threat to a free media
#2Apparently not big enough of a threat to organize protests as big as those in Hong Kong right now.
Re: US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave threat to a free media
#3There's a pretty big difference between:
'free media'
and
'doxing individuals who's identities were protected because if they are publicly revealed not only are their lives at serious risk but it also exposes their close family and friends to rape/murder/torture until a time at which they are found and violently murdered because terrorists and hostile governments actually do this sort of thing to their perceived enemies, just like what happened to journalists (not informants/spies) like Jamal Khashoggi and many of the REAL journalists listed at https://cpj.org/data/killed/ '
Re: US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave threat to a free media
#4Just because Assange did one (or more) good things (Collateral Murder) does not make everything else he does, also good. Assange is not a journalist, and ceased being a journalist when he decided to enforce personal agendas and arguably work with nation-states to harm other nation-states. Even if you believe he's a journalist, journalists should not be above the law even if part of their work is for the good of the people.
Re: US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave threat to a free media
#5Amazing the guardian are complaining. Their editorial line usually comes from MI6
Re: US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave threat to a free media
#6I wish people would just focus on the part that regards journalism, free press, free speech, sources and releasing leaked information.
All the rest will fall along political lines. Liked or disliked for the effects on political allies and foes. It’s obvious if you have followed this case.
Three years ago the right loathed him, today they love him and conversely today the left loathes him but 3 years ago they loved him. The state apparatus however still see this as an adversarial act.
So, instead let’s discuss the implications of censorship (state and self-imposed) and journalism this case has.
Re: US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave threat to a free media
#7I wish people would just focus on the part that regards journalism, free press, free speech, sources and releasing leaked information. All the rest will fall along political lines. Liked or disliked for the effects on political allies and foes. It’s obvious if you have followed this case. Three years ago the right loathed him, today they love him and conversely today the left loathes him but 3 years ago they loved hi…
I disagree; much of the right still seems to be calling for him to be locked away for a long time despite his role in getting Trump elected. Much of the left (including the Guardian in this article) is calling for charges to be dropped.
Re: US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave threat to a free media
#8Just because Assange did one (or more) good things (Collateral Murder) does not make everything else he does, also good. Assange is not a journalist, and ceased being a journalist when he decided to enforce personal agendas and arguably work with nation-states to harm other nation-states. Even if you believe he's a journalist, journalists should not be above the law even if part of their work is for the good of the p…
Thank you. There is such thing as legitimate secrets. The threat of jail for wholesale and thoughtless release of top secret information... is a good threat. Professional journalists know this and shouldn't jump on the Assange bandwagon; they understand that their power comes a duty of care.
Re: US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave threat to a free media
#9The extradition request was just signed by the UK home secretary - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48624024
Now the court system will decide over the coming months/years whether or not to hand him over to the US, where he has a good chance of being imprisoned for a very long time.
Re: US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave threat to a free media
#10I wish people would just focus on the part that regards journalism, free press, free speech, sources and releasing leaked information. All the rest will fall along political lines. Liked or disliked for the effects on political allies and foes. It’s obvious if you have followed this case. Three years ago the right loathed him, today they love him and conversely today the left loathes him but 3 years ago they loved hi…
I disagree; much of the right still seems to be calling for him to be locked away for a long time despite his role in getting Trump elected. Much of the left (including the Guardian in this article) is calling for charges to be dropped.
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