{"id":31097,"date":"2018-02-16T18:15:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T23:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=31097"},"modified":"2018-02-16T18:15:54","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T23:15:54","slug":"op-ed-et-tu-the-intercept-smear-of-assange-murderously-timed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=31097","title":{"rendered":"Op-Ed: Et Tu, The Intercept? Smear Of Assange Murderously Timed"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav id=\"flash-breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumb-trail breadcrumbs\">\n<div class=\"tg-container\">\n<h3 class=\"trail-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disobedientmedia.com\/2018\/02\/op-ed-et-tu-the-intercept-smear-of-assange-murderously-timed\/\">Op-Ed: Et Tu, The Intercept? Smear Of Assange Murderously Timed<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content\">\n<div class=\"tg-container\">\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"content-area\">\n<article id=\"post-8591\" class=\"post-8591 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-global-chess category-intelligence-agencies category-main-stream-media category-media-tech category-american-politics category-whistleblowers tag-cora-currier tag-emma-arbuthnot tag-james-arbuthnot tag-julian-assange tag-micah-lee tag-stefania-maurizi tag-the-intercept tag-wikileaks\">\n<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/disobedientmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/logo-rectangle.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1201px) 100vw, 1201px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disobedientmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/logo-rectangle.png 1201w, https:\/\/disobedientmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/logo-rectangle-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/disobedientmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/logo-rectangle-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/disobedientmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/logo-rectangle-1024x535.png 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1201\" height=\"628\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content-block\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Less than 48 hours after a UK judge ruled against Julian Assange\u2019s legal team in their efforts to free him from the Ecuadoran embassy, <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2018\/02\/14\/julian-assange-wikileaks-election-clinton-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Intercept<\/a> published a disingenuous and sloppy character assassination against the Wikileaks Editor-In-Chief.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of the article\u2019s publication acted to brutally counter growing support for Assange that arose in the wake of a clearly unjust UK ruling. Essentially, the publication of the smear attempted to deflect attention from the revelation of corruption in the ongoing detention of Assange, and to assassinate his character in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The Intercept\u2019s decision to publish the article at such a time unfortunately serves to characterize the outlet as a servant of the same US deep state that The Intercept has gained a reputation for \u2013 at least in theory \u2013 opposing.<\/p>\n<p>The serious errors contained in <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2018\/02\/14\/julian-assange-wikileaks-election-clinton-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Intercept\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0character assassination of the Wikileaks co-founder were quickly dismantled earlier today by independent journalists including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Suzi3D\/status\/963899732534980608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suzie Dawson<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caitoz\/status\/963880123500908545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caitlin Johnstone<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WPTB6w3smJI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HA Goodman<\/a> and others. That Micah Lee, who has engaged in continual attacks against Assange on social media, would be allowed to contribute to an article of this kind represents a fundamental conflict of interest in the work, not to mention the factual inaccuracies and assumptions it makes without so much as pausing to take a breath.<\/p>\n<p>The claims made in The Intercept\u2019s hit piece regarding messages sent privately by Wikileaks\u2019 Twitter account were disingenuous on multiple levels, beginning with the\u00a0 assumption that Assange was the sole author of the texts. The inference is <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2018\/02\/14\/julian-assange-wikileaks-election-clinton-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clearly stated<\/a> in the article, destroying any shred of journalistic integrity that might be expected from a well-respected news outlet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Op-Ed: Et Tu, The Intercept? Smear Of Assange Murderously Timed Less than 48 hours after a UK judge ruled against Julian Assange\u2019s legal team in their efforts to free him from the Ecuadoran embassy, The Intercept published a disingenuous and sloppy character assassination against the Wikileaks Editor-In-Chief. 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