Assange was singled out after he wrote an essay describing an organisation such as WikiLeaks was needed in the political climate we inhabit, he had the foresight to see that Wikileaks was necessary and had the conviction talent and self sacrifice to bring it into being, that's when the knifes came out, and we all knew it, himself included. The rest of it is the circus, a means to an end and those who are getting caught up in details are being manipulated. Without Wikileaks the minds of humanity would have less degrees of freedom, I like Assange want more not less, we need the full 720, these obscured obtuse angles that are afforded to us are only useful for the powerful few. So you either want to be ruled in ignorance where the darkest shadows of men can loom over us without retribution, or you want to walk in the light.

Truth lights the path to enlightenment and its a hard yes that that journey should be allowed for everyone, not just the few. I believe that path is the only way for humanity to live with itself when making the tough decisions that lie in the not too distant future. People are manipulated just as we manipulate computers, to have an output we need input, and those who view the world in these terms and have talent in these areas have use manipulation tactics to control society's inputs. I wont get into sides, there are power mad megalomaniacs everywhere you care to look, as I'm sure Assange is no angel, he is human like the rest of us, but I will talk about what I know, our western world has banned books orchestrated people and imprisioned speech when these power structures are threatened. As they did with Orwell, Miller, Huxley and now Assange.... the choice is simple, truth and hope or deceit and misery, because we will produce an output that directly correlates with our input.

" Oh would some power the giftie gie us, To see ourselfs as others see us" Robbie Burns, This gift burns would realish for himself and all, not a curse for an enemy but a call for transparacncy which is the only way forward. I think the press,the journalists, very much see themselfs as we see them, which is powerless to the manipulation they are experiencing, and its funny that the institutions that he sacrificed himself for are the ones who have been silenced and told to bow, this is no accident, this is a sign to all, a show of power of their manipulation and control.

To give the smallest amount of credit to the media, they were largely forbidden access to cover the case. Something like ten journalists were provided access with scores more having digital access revoked on the first day.

I haven't heard that, despite reading Craig Murray's reporting of the case daily. Murray said the MSM turned up on the first day, didn't bother to write it up, and he never saw them again.

Can you substatiate that "forbidden access" claim?

I was sort of wrong. The people forbidden access were mostly humanitarian groups, see https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/09/07/not-normal-huma... and the full list of press members that requested access is shamefully small, see https://shadowproof.com/2020/09/21/guide-to-journalists-assa...