Re: For John Monro: the Guardian's unremitting nastiness to and about Julian Assange Archived Message Posted by Ken Waldron on April 22, 2019, 3:23 am, in reply to "Re: For John Monro: the Guardian's unremitting nastiness to and about Julian Assange" Despite headlines like this: "The Case Against Julian Assange Is a Threat to Journalists Everywhere" ...note that its not the arrest of Assange but Assange himself who is treated by "journalists" as the actual threat. The fact that his support comes from non-mainstream or other "rogue" journalists confirms the matter. They think by stomping Assange down they can suppress the broader changes which are talking place in media itself. Those who have this visceral reaction to him are the very same whom we see repeatedly attacking the Internet & alternative journalism with the "fake news" meme. I think the Guardians experiment with openness scared them shitless: all those btl commentators who could bring fire to bear on any subject and could and often did write a clearer & more informative article that the one above the line...they feel under siege and these schadenfreude celebrations at the incarceration of the symbol of their decline is but a little battle won in a war they surely know they will lose. Message Thread: For John Monro: the Guardian's unremitting nastiness to and about Julian Assange - SueC April 21, 2019, 11:56 pm Re: For John Monro: the Guardian's unremitting nastiness to and about Julian Assange - brooks April 22, 2019, 1:34 am Re: For John Monro: the Guardian's unremitting nastiness to and about Julian Assange - John Monro April 22, 2019, 2:02 am Re: For John Monro: the Guardian's unremitting nastiness to and about Julian Assange - Ken Waldron April 22, 2019, 3:23 am Re: For John Monro: the Guardian's unremitting nastiness to and about Julian Assange - dovetailjoint April 22, 2019, 7:12 am Re: For John Monro: the Guardian's unremitting nastiness to and about Julian Assange - dovetailjoint April 22, 2019, 8:29 am   Searching