> Former Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer says "most people" in Australia do not see Assange as a journalist. The Downer family have recent history

> Former Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer says "most people" in Australia do not see Assange as a journalist. The Downer family have recent history in misjudging what "most people" in significant chunks of the Australian public think. Chunks, for example, like the electorate they're trying to be members of parliament in.