Assange is being prosecuted for his journalistic activities, while the news media that happily profited by republishing WikiLeaks material sits by, hardly raisi

Assange is being prosecuted for his journalistic activities, while the news media that happily profited by republishing WikiLeaks material sits by, hardly raising any objection. That's the really shameful aspect of this entire drama. You'd think they'd be raising all hell right now in order to protect the freedom of the press.