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In reply to the discussion: Australian Senator Peter Whish-Wilson Calls on US to Drop "Totalitarian" Case Against Julian Assange [View all]cab67
(3,209 posts)16. As it happens....
....different states have different definitions of "journalist" for legal purposes. Most of them would most likely not include Assange.
Disseminating information, in and of itself, doesn't make one a journalist. I publish scientific papers in my line of work - that doesn't make me a journalist.
Otherwise, anyone who releases classified information can call themself a "journalist" and claim protection as such.
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Uncle Joe
Sep 2023
OP
Popularity was never the motivation for the creation of the 1st Amendment. n/t
Uncle Joe
Sep 2023
#7
Assange provided intel about secret government activities carried out in every American's name.
Magoo48
Sep 2023
#17
How would I have an opportunity to disagree, if I don't have access to the possibly embarrassing
Magoo48
Sep 2023
#29
Does that change the nature of the information revealed or it's relevance to our common welfare?
Magoo48
Sep 2023
#23
He's not a "journalist". Dumping raw disinformation from Putin on the web isn't journalism.
emulatorloo
Sep 2023
#10
And who oversees the classifiers if half of congress is corrupt? Half is being generous.
Magoo48
Sep 2023
#30
Hummm, who is the pre-schooler in your allegorical example, the American public?
Magoo48
Sep 2023
#28
So, if the truth is chaotic and unpleasant, and as the Republicans frequently reaffirm, lies are
Magoo48
Sep 2023
#34
Assange is currently in a UK jail while he litigates extradition. He is in a UK jail because
struggle4progress
Sep 2023
#31