I see that twitter thread has video of the hacks standing around outside the embassy waiting for something to happen so perhaps this rumour has legs although I hope not.
The M.S.M.'s treatment of Assange is the kryptonite that turns them from thinking they are superman into cowering little shits capering around their master's ankles hoping they'll get a biscuit. They have no defence and history will not judge them kindly but being revealed as amoral wankers is nowhere near enough punishment. Still, it is worth keeping a record of who tweets/comments/opines what about Assange when it comes to the media because their bleating about "hard-hitting journalism", "truth to power" and all the other high and mighty cliches they trot out when defending themselves are exposed by how they dog-piled and discarded a real journalist when the U.S. came knocking.