KathViner tweets about the fraudian's latest Assange hand wringingArchived Message
Posted by Raskolnikov on May 28, 2019, 8:42 am
article, by ex-ed Rusbridger which itself is packed full of the usual recycled lies:
The stories were, indeed, significant – but the relationship with Assange was fraught. We fell out, as most people eventually do with Assange. I found him mercurial, untrustworthy and dislikable: he wasn’t keen on me, either. All the collaborating editors disapproved of him releasing unredacted material from the Manning trove in September 2011.
Much may depend on the UK supreme court, which – subject to the home secretary’s deliberations – could well end up deciding this extradition request. Assange is a problematic figure in many ways. But the attempt to lock him up under the Espionage Act is a deeply troubling move that should serve as a wake-up call to all journalists. You may not like Assange, but you’re next.
Feeling the heat from that fire you've been stoking? The hypocrisy of their pretending to care now that they are suddenly in the firing line is staggering. Of course it's only NOW that Assange is essentially under the control of the empire that they can start pretending to be concerned about journalistic freedom.
The Viner tweet was greeted with exactly the response that it deserved; I don't recall one positive reply :