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RaHarmakis t1_iy43p4i wrote

Reply to comment by DennisHakkie in Media houses demand that the United States refrain from prosecuting Assange by That_Teach_9224

He didn't even steal them (in my opinion), and any evidence I've seen showing that he facilitated, or coached the individual who did has been pretty spurious at best.

I think the Not the Onion bit is how much the media has historically been against Assange. This is the take they should have had with him right off the bat as it sets a bad precedence for how government treats the recipients of leaks.

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DennisHakkie t1_iy445wl wrote

Okay, true, he didn’t steal them, he just made them public… big difference, but the point I tried to make stays the same

Even for journalists what rakes in the clicks is important, you saw that with the Yakuza coverage in the early-mid 90’s in Japan. Papers didn’t cover them because the Yakuza gave them a lot of money. Same everywhere else, the news also caters to their demographics.

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