Ecuador says it cut WikiLeaks founder's internet over US election interference
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A reasonable policy in the abstract, though the enforcement seems rather selective given the previous WikiLeaks divulgences of e.g. Manning's documents, and contradictory with respect to Assange's asylum, which precludes the operation of the internal police affairs of Sweden.
Of course any reasonable implementation of such a principle leaves discretion for the degree of interference allowed in each case, and evidently tilting the election scales is a line too far - but what then does this say about Ecuador's position on "Collateral Murder"? Perhaps the US government should quid pro quo Quito a bit harder given the latter's apparently positive endorsement of certain kinds of internal manipulation.
It's sad that if not for Wikileaks, we would have complete and utter political bias from almost every single mainstream media outlet.
A CNN reporter even said that we shouldn't pay attention to the content of the Wikileaks because it is 'illegal' and we should only listen to what the press tells us.
It's one of the things that currently reminds me of Russia: the state-owned media.
Assange and wikileaks seem to have fallen from grace. From giving a voice to those wanting to hold the government accountable (Manning, Snowden) now they're actively colluding with Russia and the RNC. If the leaks were non partisan, there'd be a shred of integrity left, but it's just a sideshow assisting Trump's lunacy now.