The US media spent 3 years flamboyantly proclaiming their devotion to protect press freedoms, yet now ignore what is, by far, the greatest Trump-era threat posed to a free press: the Trump DoJ’s prosecution and attempted extradition of Julian Assange.
Here’s what the @ACLU said about just how grave is the danger posed by the US Government’s attempt to prosecute and extradite Assange:
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Along with the @ACLU, the Washington Post’s Executive Editor @PostBaron also warned that the attempted prosecution and extradition of Assange is a severe threat to press freedom. Yet it has received so little US media coverage:
That lack of media coverage is why we tried to put together a show that comprehensively examines what did — and did not — happen in the Assange case, and why the prosecution is so threatening. With @suigenerisjen & the Post’s @Sulliview. Watch here:
