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>As for papers like the Guardian, who benefited the most from Assange's work, they've been even more conspicuously silent. Jonathan Cook, a former Guardian jour
by amoshi 6y ago
>As for papers like the Guardian, who benefited the most from Assange's work, they've been even more conspicuously silent. Jonathan Cook, a former Guardian journalist, explains why in his piece 'The US is using the Guardian to justify jailing Assange for life. Why is the paper so silent?'
Long story short: they've been neutralised by the UK security apparatus. I could try to summarise the article below but that won't be doing it justice, just give it a read. Declassified UK, the below source, has a few former members of The Guardian on the team.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-09-11-how-the-uk-security-services-neutralised-the-countrys-leading-liberal-newspaper/ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-09-11-how-the-u...