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Another reason to dislike Assange: (Original Post)
applegrove
Apr 2019
OP
A real journalist goes public with a story. Not just a massive dump of secret or
applegrove
Apr 2019
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Karadeniz
(22,486 posts)1. Yep, he's scum.
Cha
(297,026 posts)4. Yeah, assange was no
"journalist".
Lucky Luciano
(11,252 posts)14. He was opposition research who researched illegally. Not a journalist.
I was not opposed to what he was doing initially way back...but after the Sweden incident (which did seem fishy), he just wanted revenge against the Obama administration for hunting him down.
Cha
(297,026 posts)15. Assange blew it.
Cha
(297,026 posts)3. I hope Assange gets what
applegrove
(118,576 posts)5. A real journalist goes public with a story. Not just a massive dump of secret or
semi secret government documents with no thought or investigation into how others will be affected.
Cha
(297,026 posts)6. Exactly, apple.
applegrove
(118,576 posts)7. I said it at the time. Never was a fan of Assange.
Cha
(297,026 posts)8. Neither was I.
applegrove
(118,576 posts)9. Thankfully most people see him for what he is.
RainCaster
(10,853 posts)12. He showed the world when he smeared poop on the walls of the embassy
SunSeeker
(51,544 posts)10. Assange is a total scumbag and criminal.
JHan
(10,173 posts)11. K&R and people are still duped by this.
SMH>
stopdiggin
(11,285 posts)13. journalists with a completely cavalier attitude toward the truth
Yep. Right here on DU.
Some people really need a wake up call. If you're willing to climb into bed with Putin (et al.) to advance your cause .. you might want to reexamine your methods, and agenda.
JI7
(89,244 posts)16. fuck all of these scumbags