Thread by @ggreenwald

It continues to be stunning that not only are US journalists the leaders in demanding online censorship, they also are the ones who cheerlead most for Assange's imprisonment.

Here's a @BusinessInsider writer outright lying to justify Assange's imprisonment & defend the US Govt:

Business Insider's claim that Assange is not in prison because of the USG but because of bail jumping charges is an outright lie. Assange's 50-month sentence for bail jumping ended long ago. He's in prison *solely* because of the US extradition request.

cnbc.com/2021/01/06/wik…

It's the dream of any authoritarian state to get its *journalist class* to take the lead in defending censorship and lying to justify the imprisonment of dissidents. But the US Govt has managed it. This is what a real press freedom defender looks like:

https://twitter.com/ClareDalyMEP/status/1404710267372589056

Just look at how many journalists are obsessed with the punishment of dissidents by Official Enemies of the US Government about which they can do nothing (Navalny) while ignoring similar/worse abuses by US allies (Egypt/Saudi) and, worse, by their own government (Assange/Snowden)

If journalists want to defend online censorship and cheer the imprisonment of journalists and dissidents by their own government (Assange/Snowden) while pretending to be angry when US enemies do it, that's their right. By lying to justify such imprisonment is not:

(meant 50-week, not 50-month)

To see more on what an absolute lie that claim is from the Business Insider writer to defend Biden and justify the imprisonment of Assange -- a journalist with 1,000 times more scoops than he'll ever have -- see here:

npr.org/2019/05/01/718…