Julian Assange Suing The Guardian for Libel in Fake News Story
Mainstream news site The Guardian has published a false story claiming Julian Assange had secret meetings with Paul Manafort. WikiLeaks has since launched a GoFundMe project to help with the legal funds necessary "to sue The Guardian for libel over fabricated Manafort story":
BREAKING: @WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has instructed his lawyers to sue the Guardian for libel over fabricated Manafort story and launched a legal fund to boost the action
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The WikiLeaks account on Twitter is livid with the fabricated story from a known fraud. They even put $1 million on the table as a bet to say this whole story is utter bullshit. Everyone should remember this as the day The Guardian destroyed it's reputation and lost credibility as a news organization:
Remember this day when the Guardian permitted a serial fabricator to totally destroy the paper's reputation. @WikiLeaks is willing to bet the Guardian a million dollars and its editor's head that Manafort never met Assange.
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The story is patently false, but only The Guardian is foolish enough to publish such a crock of shit written by Luke Harding. Paul Manafort himself issued a statement in which he unequivocally denies meeing Assange:
"This story is totally false and deliberately libelous. I have never met Julian Assange or anyone connected to him. I have never been contacted by anyone connected to Wikileaks, either directly or indirectly."
"I have never reached out to Assange or Wikileaks on any matter. We are considering all legal options against the Guardian who proceeded with this story even after being notified by my representatives that it was false."
What kind of editors allow this to go through? WikiLeaks even asks if The Guardian's editor, @KathViner, will resign over this joke of a story. The guardian sure seems to be aware of it's blunder, as the site newssniffer.co.uk is showing edits to the original article to try to reduce the blowback:
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This whole fiasco from The Guardian may be a deliberate attempt by the so-called "journalist" Luke Harding to get back at Julian Assange for writing a scathing book review of Harding's The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man in 2015:
The Guardian "journalist", Luke Harding, behind the fake Manafort story also claimed the NSA was secretly deleting his words, won "Pliagiarist of the Year" and was savaged by Julian Assange in this book review: https://t.co/DDnkSoczut
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Assange called Harding a "hack job" and mentioned how "he was awarded 'plagiarist of the year' by Private Eye in 2007."
If this meeting did happen, then there is video proof of it from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. But there won't be proof, because it never happened. They even have the Embassy's visitors logs for May, but there is no mentions of Manfort visting. As if the government of Ecuador would let a ring-wring politician to visit Assange 3 times without logging him in. The Guardian only has "anonymous" sources to make it's claims.
As such, the mainstream media has run wild with the fake news story, as they are the kings of fake news. They are desperate to appeal to a narrative of republican support for Assange to cause a greater partisan divide. The media is well off at it's usual job of spreading misinformation, and likely disinformation of knowing the story is false, just to reap the rewards from hyping this nonsense.
Note that WikiLeaks has never printed a retraction, ever. Compare that to the mainstream media outlets who have many times. No one has sued WikiLeaks for libel or false claims, because nothing is made up. It all comes from leaks, not fabricated "journalism" like the mainstream media often likes to sensationalize, as is the case right now.
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I've been following this very closely and this latest stunt by the Guardian newspaper is disgusting. It's a blatant smear job and attempt to tie Assange to the Russia-gate madness. Ecuador is under immense pressure to deliver Assange to the US by making his living conditions unbearable - this has to stop! Human Rights matter, freedom of expression matters!
If Assange is extradited to the US, what's to stop Chinese and Russian officials from doing the same when a publisher reports on unflattering aspects of their governments?? Or any other publishers - INCLUDING - the Guardian for doing the same. Classified information is leaked to the press ALL THE TIME - this is a very dangerous situation for everyone, not just Assange. They're trying everything they can to force him to leave on his own accord because the political fallout of kicking him out is too costly.
Yes, it's a lame brain hack job, as Assange accurately characterized Harding in 2015. The case has large ramifications indeed. I also posted earlier today on the delayed court ruling of the suit filed against the government to unseal the charges, as the judge will allow more information to be presented. I closed by mentioning how important this case is for the future of leaks, leakers and whistleblowers (and those who get their info out), shedding light on the dirty darkness of our world:
If Ecuador won't boot him out due to the fallout, then I think he can manage to tough it out, despite the harsh protocols being applied. If he wants to stay out of jail and a show-trial to be made an example of, he will have to comply.
I know people within the organization - it's been marxist in drag, since at least 2000 - they rest is just smoke and mirrors for 'intellectual influence.'
(I know this information first hand)
I see. It wasn't a liberal rag prior to the 2000s? Hehe.
lolol - I can only confirm from that date onwards, personally..
thanks for covering!
what I find interesting related to the Guardian: Project syndicate https://www.theguardian.com/business/series/project-syndicate-economists
https://www.project-syndicate.org/about
and the people writing for them, it's like
phew.
Interesting global propaganda reach .
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