It's interesting that White is so quick, and this happens regularly in liberal/left circles within the media, to link criticism of the establishment 'liberal left' to rightwing ideology and platforms like the Daily Mail. It's a form rhetorical smear.
White, like the ghastly Moore, seem to have permanent grin on their smug faces and can never resist a pun or a good joke, regardless of how stageringly inappropriate they are. That Moore wins the Orwell Prize for journalism is so tragically ironic. The Orwell Prize, no turned into something Big Brother would approve of.
Why are White and others at the Guardian so ####ing condescending? It's not as if they're particularly clever. Why not interview Melzer himself? Why not let the readers make their own judgements? What is the Guardian so afraid of? They are afraid that Melzer would totally and easily demolish the entire edifice of raw shit they've so carefully contrstructed about Assange. So it's easier to simply pretend that they've really made a gleaming palace of truth, instead of a pile of stinking shit!