[Peace-discuss] Media Condemns Julian Assange For Reckless Exposure Of How They Could Be Spending Their Time"

[Robert Naiman]

ICYMI.

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WASHINGTON—In the wake of the WikiLeaks founder’s arrest by British
authorities on behalf of the U.S. for charges stemming from the publication
of classified military documents in 2010, members of the American media
condemned Julian Assange Friday for the reckless exposure of how they could
be spending their time.  “We denounce Julian Assange in the strongest
possible terms for his negligence in publicly demonstrating the kinds of
work journalists could actually be doing to investigate government
malfeasance and hold the powerful accountable,” said *Washington Post*
editorial page editor Fred Hiatt, speaking on behalf of many of the leading
members of the media who castigated Assange for never once considering the
harm that bringing rampant government criminality to light no matter the
consequences could do to other news publications’ reputations. “It’s
abundantly clear that Mr. Assange was focused on exposing documented
evidence of U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan without so much as a
thought for the journalists who faithfully parroted the U.S. military’s
talking points when we could have been investigating information that ran
contrary to that narrative—does he realize how that makes us look? The fact
that he’d just publish information vital to the public interest from
primary sources exactly as it was written instead of working with
government officials to omit the most damaging parts in exchange for
keeping access channels open is simply beyond the pale. The fact that the
American public now knows what we’re actually doing day to day is
incredibly harmful to this nation.” Media industry leaders did, however,
admit that they could probably stand to go easier on Assange where the
sexual assault allegations made against him were concerned.
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