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 LMYahooTFY on Thursday June 13, 2019 @12:37PM (#20176496)

Assange is riding the edge of what is considered permissible in society, where this line effectively divides the state and consolidated power, and the public.

These are matters of life and death for Assange, victims of the war crimes of which he's published, and future potential victims if journalistic freedom is further restricted and thus even less accountability for war criminals.

The Guardian has elected not to bring their clout and lawyers to bear on these matters. Instead, they sent Assange a basket of soap and socks for his extended stay in a foreign embassy.

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Re:US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave thre... by chrisseaton on Thursday June 13, 2019 @04:24PM (#20178263)

> The Guardian has elected not to bring their clout and lawyers to bear on these matters.

Isn't it correct that the journalists stay out of the news themselves? They should be reporting, not becoming the story by 'bringing their clout' to anything.

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Re:US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave thre... by LMYahooTFY on Thursday June 13, 2019 @05:31PM (#20178760)

I disagree entirely.

If it were possible to be apolitical, I would agree. I don't think it's possible for any one person or entity to be apolitical, thus I think they should simply be as honest as humanly possible.

Claiming any sort of neutrality merely serves to mask agendas.

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