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This is not related in any way to whistleblowing. In fact what he wants to do is to hold media accountable for maliciously twisting information in order to manipulate public opinion and the elections.

Can you honestly say that you feel he is treated in a fair way by the media and they are not trying their best to prevent a Trump presidency even if that includes outright lying?

If he wanted to force them to lie for him it would be a completely different thing. But since he wants media to report more truthfully I see more alignment between Trump and Assange than seeing them at odds with each others.

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Yes, I can honestly say that the one who lies the most in the current media landscape is Trump himself. If anything, media has gone way too easy on Trump fact checking, perhaps because they make more money if the race is close!

The most? Compared to "Nothing I've ever sent or received was marked classified" Hillary? Your 'honestly' is just like her 'honestly' it seems.

I did not say Trump lies or doesn't lie. I say he isn't treated in a fair way and that there is a concerted effort by media to bring him down in any way they can.

He's been in the media for 40 years without anyone calling him racist and he's been around supermodels without anyone calling him a sexual predator or anything like that. But all of a sudden they find he is all of that and even worse.

And on the other hand, how much negative stuff is reported about Hillary? There certainly is lots of material with all that WikiLeaks has put out. Almost zero, she is instead praised like a Soviet leader. She's a wonderful human being and politician that somehow made $250 million while in office.

He wasn't running for president before. The public can often turn a blind eye to a random celebrity, but not to a person who is running to represent them on the world stage.

Furthermore, plenty has been said about Hillary. The Wikileaks leak was on the front page of the NYTimes, WaPo, and tons of other newspapers. So were the allegations about her health in September. Unfortunately for Trump, none of these attacks have stuck with voters.

> none of these attacks have stuck with voters

But "voters" haven't had a voice since the primaries...only the media has. "none...stuck with the voters" = not covered by the media.

Hillary is the most brazenly dishonest, corrupt individual I can think of to seek the presidency in my memory, which goes back to Nixon.

> But since he wants media to report more truthfully I see more alignment between Trump and Assange than seeing them at odds with each others.

Does he? He seems pretty upset when media calls him on his lies. Or is that first "he" Assange?

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