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In reply to the discussion: Assange has requested political asylum & is in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)fact telling media thankfully, in the first place. The corruption of the Corporate Media owned by huge conglomerates all over the world such as the Murdoch Empire which has inserted itself into every corner of the world.
The MSM is a propaganda tool for those whose interests do not include keeping the people informed.
So of course they distort the issue of what is going on with Assange.
And since most of us Democrats have been aware of this for a long, long time, we do not ever rely on the Corporate Media for facts. Which is why I, when this began, chose as I always do regardless of the subject matter, to look to some more credible sources for the facts. It wasn't hard, the facts were easy to find. Court documents, official statements, statements from the women etc, made you wonder why the Corporate Media got it so wrong, IF you care about truth and justice.
I assumed this is what most Democrats have been doing for a long time. I know it is what a majority of people around the globe do, which is why Assange and Wikileaks are higher in the polls Globally, than those who are wrongfully pursuing him in order to silence an International News Organization. People are no longer manipulated easily by the Corporate media, much to their chagrin.
Why did Sweden change its mind and decide to pretend they wanted to ask him a few questions but couldn't have done while he was there or by video conference, through his attorneys, or in their embassy in London?
Why, for something that is so minor, did Sweden and the US Government go to so much trouble to pursue this one individual with nothing to justify it?
The reasons are clear. It has happened before throughout history. Good people who think truth-telling is important, are rotting in jails even now, in oppressive countries. I guess their persecutors would try to excuse what they are doing also. And they too have their 'believers' and defenders.
All he had to do was to remain silent about war crimes and corruption around the globe, but especially during the Bush years, and he would be fine.
He is a political target and is viewed as such everywhere except here where the propaganda still works, although not as effectively as it once did.
The US illegally destroyed Wikileaks' business, by pressuring other businesses not to deal with them. Even China did not dare to that.
So support all this if you wish, turn a blind eye, it is your right to do so, but thankfully it is so transparent at this point, that a vast number of people see all of it for what it is.
And surely you are not surprised by Australia's neo-con lackey taking the same position as her neo-con buddies, Rove et al. Another Corporate-backed tool who hopefully will be tossed in the next election.
Assange never expected support from her, and good for him for exposing her enslavement to her corporate bosses once again, as he has done before. And that is why she hates him, Wikileaks exposed a lot about Australia's elections etc. She too has her reasons for wanting him silenced. The truth hurts.