The Stalinist Trial of Julian Assange

Re:The Stalinist Trial of Julian Assange by boomboomsubban on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @08:03AM (#24480229)

Why would anyone in Russia with access to classified information send it to Wikileaks, an organization with zero Russian speakers and extremely limited influence in Eastern Europe. They would have far better options available to them.

This criticism comes up often, but it assumes a conspiracy is necessary for the expected behavior. How many Russian language news stories does your local paper cover? Assange does not need Russian ties to be antisemitic either.

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Re:The Stalinist Trial of Julian Assange by jevgeni on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:32AM (#24482391)

Since Russian is my native language, I read enough Russian papers. And I can tell when a western outlet overlaps with the official Russian party line a bit too much for comfort.

So, I guess you admit that WL has a western bias?

Also, they don’t really have any better options. Just FYI.

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Re:The Stalinist Trial of Julian Assange by boomboomsubban on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @12:12PM (#24482954)

Wikileaks unquestionably has a bias towards English speaking nations. That is why their leaks primarily are about America.

If your criticism is that they didn't build a strong enough international team, remember that Assange spent most of their history unable to leave the Ecuadorian embassy. Those years treated as an enemy also likely led to him sympathizing with countries that aren't calling for his head. That isn't why they don't publish Russian leaks though.

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Re:The Stalinist Trial of Julian Assange by jevgeni on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @04:51PM (#24486562)

WL tried to discredit the Panama Papers (which feature some prominent Russian officials). That doesn’t look like just a factor of not having an international team.

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