The Biden Administration's Hypocrisy On World Press Freedom Day [Kevin Gosztola | May 3, 2024 | thedissenter]
The Biden Administration's Hypocrisy On World Press Freedom Day [Kevin Gosztola | May 3, 2024 | thedissenter]
“Journalism should not be a crime anywhere on Earth," Biden said on World Press Freedom Day. But the US has helped make journalism more deadly.
United States President Joe Biden marked World Press Freedom Day by calling for the “immediate and unconditional release of all journalists who have been put behind bars for simply doing their jobs.” He added, “Journalism should not be a crime anywhere on Earth.”
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been in detention in London’s Belmarsh maximum-security prison for more than five years because the Biden administration insists on bringing Assange to the U.S. for a trial on unprecedented Espionage Act charges that were issued under President Donald Trump.
Despite what Blinken claims, the U.S. does not support “free and independent media around the world.” It supports media that help U.S. officials further the agenda of the U.S. government.
When you're revealing hundreds of pages, and only 20 are shit voters need to know about, you dun fucked up. Can't leak the unimportant-to-voters but still secret shit.
I mean, should I go on discord and post modern tank schematics? That'd be "journalism", right?