{"id":54947,"date":"2020-09-10T07:16:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T12:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=54947"},"modified":"2020-09-10T07:16:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T12:16:07","slug":"greenwald-msm-journalists-hate-assange-because-hes-broken-more-blockbuster-stories-than-all-combined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=54947","title":{"rendered":"Greenwald: MSM Journalists Hate\u00a0Assange Because He&#8217;s Broken More Blockbuster Stories Than All Combined"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/greenwald-msm-journalists-hate-assange-because-hes-broken-most-stories-historic\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Greenwald: MSM Journalists Hate\u00a0Assange Because He&#8217;s Broken More Blockbuster Stories Than All Combined<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>&#8220;Nonsense!&#8221;\u00a0<em>\u2014\u00a0<\/em>Julian Assange shouted as during the second day of his resumed extradition hearing US federal government attorney James Lewis told a witness that the WikiLeaks founder is facing extradition over the publication of informants&#8217; names and not for merely handling leaked documents.<\/p>\n<p>Judge\u00a0Vanessa Baraitser promptly warned Assange, seated in the dock, that\u00a0<strong>any further outbursts could get him removed from court<\/strong>\u00a0and the hearings could proceed without him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you interrupt proceedings and disrupt a witness who is properly giving their evidence, it is open to me to continue without you in your absence,&#8221; Baraitser\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/assange-warned-he-will-be-removed-from-extradition-hearings-if-outbursts-continue\/ar-BB18OVqE\">said<\/a>. &#8220;This is obviously not something I wish to do. I am, therefore, giving you a clear warning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/assangecourt.jpg?itok=OZDMYujc\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/assangecourt.jpg?itok=OZDMYujc\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/assangecourt.jpg?itok=HqAFqWgP 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/assangecourt.jpg?itok=HqAFqWgP 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/assangecourt.jpg?itok=HqAFqWgP 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/assangecourt.jpg?itok=HqAFqWgP 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/assangecourt.jpg?itok=HqAFqWgP 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/assangecourt.jpg?itok=OZDMYujc 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/assangecourt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"af15aa51-4028-45c9-b5ea-3278d53299c4\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>Julian Assange being held in a glass cage during prior May UK court proceedings, via The Gray Zone.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The US side is hinging its extradition request argument on its prior claims that WikiLeaks under Assange&#8217;s leadership\u00a0<strong>revealed names of sources<\/strong>. These individuals then &#8220;disappeared&#8221; according to the government&#8217;s argument,\u00a0<strong>suggesting Assange actually got US operatives and assets detained or killed in foreign countries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>During the Tuesday proceedings, US wrongdoing was highlighted as well. Reuters\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/assange-warned-he-will-be-removed-from-extradition-hearings-if-outbursts-continue\/ar-BB18OVqE\">reported that<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Stafford Smith, a dual US-UK national, said the leaked information had contributed to court findings that\u00a0<strong>criminal proceedings should be taken against senior U.S. officials<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I say this more in sadness than anger. I would never have believed that my government would do what it did,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<strong>&#8220;We are talking about criminal offences of torture, kidnapping, rendition, holding people without trial.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile\u00a0<em>The Intercept<\/em>\u00a0journalist Glenn Greenwald blasted the deafening press silence this week as the hearing proceeds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1303678991233167360&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fgreenwald-msm-journalists-hate-assange-because-hes-broken-most-stories-historic&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=219d021%3A1598982042171&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1303678991233167360\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Greenwald\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1303681361816039424\">pointed out that\u00a0<\/a>years ago\u00a0&#8220;it was fairly accepted in liberal circles (and media ones) that prosecuting Assange would be a grave threat to press freedom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But\u00a0what&#8217;s different this time, Greenwald underscores, is that\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Now Trump DOJ is doing it, and liberals are silent-to-supportive because Assange hurt Hillary &amp; liberals want him imprisoned for\u00a0<em>that<\/em>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greenwald: MSM Journalists Hate\u00a0Assange Because He&#8217;s Broken More Blockbuster Stories Than All Combined &#8220;Nonsense!&#8221;\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Julian Assange shouted as during the second day of his resumed extradition hearing US federal government attorney James Lewis told a witness that the WikiLeaks founder is facing extradition over the publication of informants&#8217; names and not for merely handling leaked documents. 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