US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave threat to a free media

Re:US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave thre... by chrisseaton on Thursday June 13, 2019 @10:38AM (#20175292)

All these activities seem wildly beyond the scope of what I’d consider journalism. Why don’t they just write about it rather than getting mixed up in it like this?

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Re:US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave thre... by cyphar on Thursday June 13, 2019 @10:43AM (#20175342)

Journalism organisations have lawyers for a reason (and they do help other journalists and even sources with legal troubles), so I completely disagree it was out of their power to do something about it.

But also -- they didn't even write about it. They smeared him relentlessly for 7 years only to "change their tune" immediately after the point-of-no-return.

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Re:US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave thre... by eeZah7Ux on Thursday June 13, 2019 @06:39PM (#20179235)

All these activities are exactly what investigative journalism is supposed to be.

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