Notorious Tokyo Rose Propaganda Can't Hold A Candle To Jane Pauley and Leslie Stahl
Sunday Morning Feature Threats to Free Press ~ Days Ahead of Julian Assange's Extradition Decision as Year Six of Solitary Confinement in Belmarsh Begins
All the images are pictures from my TV while Sunday Morning put on one of the most insincere and cowardly free speech defense one can imagine ahead of Assange extradition appeal decision. Amateur ballerina and newly minted American citizen Kseniya Karelina seems free floating in stunning Brooklyn Bridge picture to highlight the brutality of Putin for her conviction in a Russian court.
Sunday Morning’s feature on the threats to free press has not a word about the slow motion execution of Julian Assange in Her Majesty’s Prison - HMP Belmarsh also know as UK’s GITMO reserved for high value terrorists and violent offenders.
According to AP “Gershkovich is the first American reporter to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since September 1986, when Nicholas Daniloff, a Moscow correspondent for U.S. News and World Report, was arrested by the KGB.“ Leslie Stahl toured an impressive campaign operation while reminding the audience what a thug Putin is for suspecting an American journalist of espionage.
Contrast Russia’s record of one prosecution in the past 38 years with America’s use of 1917 Espionage Act weaponized by Obama to prosecute and jail whistleblowers while war criminals were elevated. Abuse of this unconstitutional law was expanded by Trump’s CIA Director Mike Pompeo who made plans to assassinate Australian citizen and WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. We get lip service about the horror of a barbed wire ringed prison holding a journalist in Russia but an Australian detained for more than a decade in London five years “pre-trial“ solitary confinement..shhhh!
Washington’s Deep State settled for stealing all the confidential legal and medical files and private conversations plus bribes to Ecuador to revoke Julian’s asylum. Julian’s kidnapping from the London Embassy asserts global jurisdiction for loyalty to Washington’s war machine and despite chatter about political anomalies of Trump nothing has changed with Joe Biden as President.
Presstitutes of corporate media bemoan the lack of press freedoms abroad while censoring the biggest free speech challenges in our lifetime but pretending to care.
It made me gag to hear Stahl lament the dehumanizing, undemocratic effect of Evan Gershkovich held in a glass box for his court appearance; when the same was done to Assange pictures were forbidden and video feeds to live proceedings limited to a short list of State Department approved media outlets.
What a sentimental fraud to show Free Evan - Free Speech - Free World theme when the most impactful journalist of our generation is held in solitary confinement for publishing evidence of NATO war crimes leaked by Pvt Manning in 2010 and verified at Manning’s Trial to have caused no harms to individuals as a result of publication. In fact mainstream outlets collected awards for material in the leaks but why let facts get in the way of a great media smear and frame job. Julian Assange began WikiLeaks with the idea that if lies could start wars truth could start peace but skillful liars have inverted the model where NATO proxies are opposing Putin in an unprovoked war and America’s political class want peace.
My focus is to highlight the hypocrisy when it comes to defending Press Freedom and Free Speech in America. Kevin Gozstola is among the most informed journalists close to the Assange case and his update has everything you want to know and archives ongoing for the last twelve years if a deep dive into US prosecution of truth tellers is more appealing.
Calls to Congress do help if there’s enough volume. Brief and polite is best.. folks on phones do not make policy they take messages. Capitol Switchboard can locate your MoC by zip code and connect to Committee staff offices too. Please support HR 934 Journalism is not a crime.. free Julian Assange and please thank Members who have already signed on to the HR934. 1-202-224-3121
WikiLeaks tweet from 2014 also fun gauge for shadow bans, like and share roll backs - make some noise & see you in the streets!! <3
Russia states Evan G is a spy, acted like one. Of course we all know scAmerica wouldn't spy on Russia, unless they can get away with it. Russia said they d speak about Evan G after Julian Assange is released, lavrov I believe said something in this vein
I love your dedication to finding TRUTH and JUSTICE.
Poor Assange... What a hell.
THANK YOU, PD.