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I don't understand this claim that left-leaning media is biased against Assagne. Pretty much all the left and center-left outlets I know say he should not be pr

I don't understand this claim that left-leaning media is biased against Assagne. Pretty much all the left and center-left outlets I know say he should not be prosecuted: Vox: https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2019/4/12/18308186/assange-arrest-freedom-of-press https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2019/4/... The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-indictment-of-julian-assange-is-a-threat-to-journalism https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-indictment... Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/traditional-journalists-may-abandon-wikileaks-assange-at-their-own-peril/2019/04/11/45ae985c-5c84-11e9-842d-7d3ed7eb3957_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/traditional-j... The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/julian-assange-arrested-journalists-defend/586936/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/julian-ass... NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/opinion/julian-assange-wikileaks-first-amendment.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/opinion/julian-assange-wi... Where is this impression that "the media wants Assagne in jail" coming from? It doesn't seem supported by any evidence beyond people disliking other people's tweets.

iammisc 5y ago
These are mostly opinion pieces in 'left leaning' media. All of these are known for once in a while publishing dissenting voices. I mean NYT regularly publishes Ross Douthat and David Frum. I'm guessing the sentiment though comes from talking with the base. In a strange reversal, many democrat voters (or at least the ones that appear on online forums) seem okay with locking Assange up, while it's a common sentiment on thedonald and such 'right wing' forums that Assange ought to be free. That's what I'd guess. Personally, I don't see this is a left/right issue.

iammisc 5y ago

These are mostly opinion pieces in 'left leaning' media. All of these are known for once in a while publishing dissenting voices. I mean NYT regularly publishes Ross Douthat and David Frum. I'm guessing the sentiment though comes from talking with the base. In a strange reversal, many democrat voters (or at least the ones that appear on online forums) seem okay with locking Assange up, while it's a common sentiment on thedonald and such 'right wing' forums that Assange ought to be free. That's what I'd guess. Personally, I don't see this is a left/right issue.