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Peter Cronau

10 Jul, 6 tweets, 2 min read

@washingtonpost

How news media manage the narrative on Assange using the ‘limited hangout’:
*Finally 2wks in, the @washingtonpost mentions a witness lied
*Buried in parag 20
No mention of
*He was an FBI plant
*He lied JA hacked Iceland
*Judge quoted him as important to establish JA a ’hacker’
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*Witness is a convicted pedophile, fraudster
* He got full immunity for helping FBI
Further, the article
*Takes the side of the US prosecution by declaring JA is a ‘hacktivist’
*Places Assange journalist publisher in context of jailed US whistleblowers
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*Uses ‘protest’ photo to contextualise JA as ‘outside the system’
*Fails to say claims against JA are what WashPost journalists regularly do -publish leaked material &advise whistleblowers on their safety &security
*Fails to mention JA risked no lives while US killed thousands
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*Fails to mention JA’s service to democracy & humanity in exposing hundreds of crimes of the US empire
*Fails to mention JA, an Australian, never worked in the US, never received the leaks in the US, never committed any crime in the US
*Fails to mention CIA poisoning plot…
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*The Washington Post article should be the subject of scrutiny & criticism as it acts to support US injustice against Assange
*The WPost acts as a ‘narrative leader’ for news outlets worldwide -just watch this spun narrative spread
*btw, WP owner has huge contracts with CIA
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The article is here. FWIW. ✌️
washingtonpost.com/world/europe/j…

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