... (and earlier) by US investigative journalist Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power (2008):
"The problem is that we just don't have a press that really wants to challenge power on issues they consider 'personal.' Speaking at the 1985 Prayer Breakfast, Ronald Reagan said, 'I wish I could say more about it, but it's working precisely because it's private.' That should have been an invitation for investigative reporting. Instead the media, then and now, tends to acquiesce to elite secretiveness, not out of any conspiracy, but due to a culture of reverence for established power, liberal or conservative. Most journalists believe in meritocracy - not merely that it's a good idea, but that it actually exists. They know that some politicians game the system, but they're committed to the idea that the system basically works. And it does, but not in favor of democracy." (Following up on the 'Family': Six questions for Jeff Sharlet, Bill Wasik, harpers.org/blog/2008/06
Need anything more be said about this subject, really? Except, of course, that Julian Assange towers over this knee-bending rabble like a colossus.
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Nothing illustrates this more than the journalistic/political outrage over Peter Greste contrasted to the response regarding Julian Assange. Assange is an absolute hero, and instead of being vilified, should have the unequivocal and enthusiastic support of every Australian. Yet the MSM have been MIA, or worse still, fomenting the line that he is a narcissistic lunatic.
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Two articles of interest today on ABC online.
1.Rides the current of the sentiment that despite Assange's malignancy, his persecution is overreach. They have allowed Hrafnsson a voice. Appears to be based on a 4 Corners episode. That Assange is a victim of outright persecution by government and media alike is not entertained.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-29/trump-administration-after-assange-and-it-serves-as-a-warning/11350854
2. Is an exercise in mischaracterisation (at best). Sourcing a few intelligence voices this article decries the 'Bad actors' acting with near 'impunity' against our poor helpless 5 eyes. Getting into the guts of the article however reveals that the main 'threat' is from China and others because of their face recognition and other data trailing *defences* that are not allowing *our* white hats to act with impunity. So the issue after all is not that these 'bad actors' are attacking, but that they are effectively defending (against our 'good' actors).
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-29/cia-james-olson-western-spy-agencies-outgunned-by-adversaries/11338096
LH
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