Stella Assange speaking to the Luxembourg Parliament on the persecution of Julian Assange

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      1 year ago

      yea those large troves of archives sure do look cherry picked… (not) In any case, even if you’re right, editorial bias is not a crime. Every major (and minor) news outlet has editorial bias.

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          1 year ago

          So an organisation (WikiLeaks) that collects primary documents from anonymous inside sources whose identity it protects, verifies the authenticity of the documents, analyses them, collaborates with major news outlets around the world in publishing them for maximum journalistic impact, is what, “not a news outlet”, just a “site”? Please.

          The fact is, if not for WikiLeaks, Chelsea Manning would likely not have released those documents because every news outlet she contacted first had no secure communication and didn’t take her calls seriously. It was the secure dropbox WikiLeak pioneered that revolutionised journalism. Many of the legacy media have since adopted similar tech.

          Julian has won numerous journalism awards. His publications helped end the Iraq war and enabled torture victims to get justice.

          “The aim is justice, the method is transparancy.” - Julian Assange

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              Please read up on the Iraqi gov decision making pre-US withdrawal and get back to me after.

              They decided US troops could no longer be immune to prosecution due to what they learnt from certain docs released by WL, describing possible murders. This then spurred the US withdrawal.