>>Then it was a darling of many of the liberal left, working with some of the world’s most respected newspapers exposing the truth behind drone killing, civilia

>>Then it was a darling of many of the liberal left, working with some of the world’s most respected newspapers exposing the truth behind drone killing, civilian deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq, and surveillance of the top UN officials. >>Now it is the darling of the alt-right, revealing hacked emails seemingly to influence a presidential contest, claiming the US election is “rigged”, and descending into conspiracy. Just this week on Twitter, it has described the deaths by natural causes of two of its supporters as a “bloody year for WikiLeaks”, and warned of media outlets “controlled by” members of the Rothschild family – a common anti-Semitic trope. This critique curiously echoes the two main propaganda attacks on Jeremy Corbyn: 1) Insinuations and manufactured accusations of anti-semitism: * http://news.sky.com/story/damning-report-condemns-jeremy-corbyn-over-leadership-on-anti-semitism-10619435 http://news.sky.com/story/damning-report-condemns-jeremy-cor... * http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-37656197 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-37656197 2) "We used to support him but it's become clear that we can't any more": * http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/zoe-williams-brands-jeremy-corbyn-incompetent-claims-he-cant-unite-more-than-12-people_uk_57a21946e4b0ce499248f526 http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/zoe-williams-brands-je... * http://labourlist.org/2016/08/i-used-to-support-corbyn-but-owen-smith-has-the-vision-young-muslim-women-like-me-need/ http://labourlist.org/2016/08/i-used-to-support-corbyn-but-o... * http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/billy-bragg-jeremy-corbyn_uk_57b2d4dce4b02fb3274b7a2b http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/billy-bragg-jeremy-cor... I don't doubt the next anti-establishment figure will be met with the same response "yes, we used to think they were great until it became clear that they're an awful Jew hater".