John Young on Sun, 16 Jun 2019 23:08:53 +0200 (CEST)


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Re: <nettime> Pilger on flow of information


Fine for offense for estabished, seasoned journalists beholden to commercial publishers to promote the industry as defenders of, well, the superstructure varies, but usually rests on the advertising foundation, or generous benefactors of the NGO species, not to overlook the evenly more capaciously-backed GOV-supported enterprises, BBG, RFE, Tor, Signal, etc.

But, upon careful scrutiny of the WikiLeaks/Assange saga, the voluminous outpouring is not yet so applicable to WL/Assange despite innumerable journalists making use of it/him for their purposes, as done by the press for the history of WikiLeaks, Assange doing his part to play along with the rather over the top comedic-melodrama customarily deployed by used vehicle salespersons.

Hang out with journalists for an earful of their venomous hatred of publishers and advertisers and public relations practitioners, and, not least, lawyers devising and running the plays of what can be published with limited risk to owners/investors of the press.

Assange once castigated journalists for their cowardice but elected to tone that down after being joined by a coterie of "seasoned" jounos and 1A lawyers who advised to wear the costume of press privilege, to shade releases enough to forestall official armageddon, that is, prevent and/or dry-up funding, to perform "responsibly," and quietly vet with authorities. Assange's indictments, original and superceding, appear crafted with the 1A industry prime target.

The very exaggerated defense of press sanctity in the Assange case certainly betrays venal opportunism with least risk to journalism and maximum publicity. Pile it on, so seldom does a group of usually vicious competitors get to choral a glorification of a sacrificial victim: they can only hope Assange is paraded for months and years "on the way to the gallows." Cliche gold mine awaits.



At 01:43 PM 6/16/2019, you wrote:
Dear nettime,Â

This interview is an impressive account, if you have not read one?and by one of our most impressive brothers?- of the at attacks and governmental punishment of journalists in a several countries, and the falling down of free press and flow of information in liberal democracies which are still pretending to be liberal democracies.Â

John Pilger - such a commanding voice for these times - a supporter of Assange?gives us history and aanalysis:

<https://consortiumnews.com/2019/06/14/john-pilger-the-global-war-on-assange-journalism-dissent/>https://consortiumnews.com/2019/06/14/john-pilger-the-global-war-on-assange-journalism-dissent/

Molly


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