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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Mon Jan 7, 2019, 11:24 AM Jan 2019

WikiLeaks Warns Journos Not To Publish 140 'False' Statements About Assange

By Kate Riga
January 7, 2019 9:19 am

WikiLeaks sent out a media advisory to many outlets warning reporters not to publish stories based on a list of 140 “defamatory falsehoods” about its founder Julian Assange, according to a Sunday Reuters report.

“There is a pervasive climate of inaccurate claims about WikiLeaks and Julian Assange, including purposeful fabrications planted in large and otherwise ‘reputable’ media outlets,” the email said.

Per Reuters, the “falsehoods” include serious claims, like that Assange has worked for Russian President Vladimir Putin, and less serious ones, like that he bleaches his hair.

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/wikileaks-warns-reporters-not-to-publish-false-statements-assange

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WikiLeaks Warns Journos Not To Publish 140 'False' Statements About Assange (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2019 OP

Give me a break PJMcK Jan 2019 #1

Sounds more Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2019 #2

LOL manor321 Jan 2019 #3

+1 dalton99a Jan 2019 #5

Let him sue leftynyc Jan 2019 #4

Warnings, really? Any minute they are going to start publishing rules... FM123 Jan 2019 #6

+1 Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #11

... The email was labeled "Confidential legal communication. Not for publication" ... struggle4progress Jan 2019 #7

Ars Technica has the whole memo here: struggle4progress Jan 2019 #8

Now I shall always think of him as that Russian agent that's mean to cats Johonny Jan 2019 #9

The proper response is to publish the list exactly Maeve Jan 2019 #10

Wikileaks can go eat a bag of shit! Initech Jan 2019 #12

A definitive example of irony. Squinch Jan 2019 #13

PJMcK

(22,034 posts)

1. Give me a break

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 7, 2019, 11:26 AM

Jan 2019

Hey, Assange! You want to set the record straight? Have at it, you traitorous bastard.

Hiding like a child in a foreign embassy really doesn't bolster your credentials.

Man up or shut up.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,412 posts)

2. Sounds more

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 7, 2019, 11:27 AM

Jan 2019

like truths they don't want to get out. Also, makes their calls for "transparency" hypocritical to the extreme.

manor321

(3,344 posts)

3. LOL

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 7, 2019, 11:28 AM

Jan 2019

Some things you aren't supposed to say about Assange:

- stinks
- mean to poor cat trapped in embassy with him
- is a front for Russian intelligence
- has helped others act as fronts for Russian intelligence
- believes he is a messianic figure
- stinks