The White House Correspondents Dinner did a whole presentation on wrongfully detained journalists around the world. There was no mention of Julian Assange.

The only value of this sleazy, gaudy spectacle has been to highlight the real role of US corporate media: part of the royal court, courtiers of it.

That's why they can't include Assange on their list of persecuted journalists: it's done by the King, whom they can't displease: https://t.co/UDuhZB9tqP

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 28, 2024

Greenwald adds, 

Assange is responsible for more major stories than every propagandist in that room combined. That's why they hate him: he doesn't only denounce the Bad Countries. Journalists who serve US power go to White House galas. Journalists who challenge US power end up as Assange has.

Assange has won major journalism awards all over the world. He has sources who provide him vital information, authenticates it, curates it, works with news outlets to report it. He's a journalist in every sense: just not the kind who talk on MSNBC.  

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