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In reply to the discussion: Why the Ecuadorians are stalling on Assange's asylum request [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)and like most Human Rights and Freedom of the Press advocates around the world, have consistently supported it.
The platform I am talking about does not include the US MSM where they don't talk about Bush War Crimes or Wall Street Corruption either. Since that is what Wikileaks and Assange are guilty of doing, exposing the Bush war crimes and were close to exposing Wall Street corruption, I think you've answered your own question.
The US has become increasingly isolated from the rest of the world on matters of freedom of the press (now ranking #47 on the World's Press Chart, a shameful position for the media of a democracy to find itself in) Fortunately however the influence of the US MSM has shrunk and the World now relies on more credible unbiased media. Fox is not considered a reliable source anywhere but the US.
From South America to Africa and the ME and most of Europe, people are exposed to actual journalism and as recently as just last week, documentaries on this phony 'case' against Assange were viewed by millions out side the US.
The silence of the US media on this case has indeed been noted and condemned. Why do you think our Media refuses to discuss Bush War Crimes and Wall Street Corruption btw? Why are they afraid to stand up for what this case is about, Freedom of the Press? That silence has been universally condemned specifically wrt to this case.
And while the US Media remains silent, Assange has continued to be awarded prizes for excellence in Jouralism in other parts of the world.
Relying on the MSM here is not advisable if you wish to remain informed and keep up with the rest of the world, which consists of billions of people who do not live in the US most of whom are way better informed than the average American.
We are not the world and we are among the least informed people in the world. We are merely a fraction of the population of the world. And we do not have a free press or any real journalists still employed by our Corporate Owned media.