Guess who?
For the record you shouldn't while arguing he shouldn't be extradited, dignify Assange with the label of journalist.
Assange isn't a journalist
Doesn't mean you can't argue against extradition but Assange is not a journalist
https://www.resetera.com/threads/julian-assange-can-be-extradited-to-us-to-face-espionage-charges-court-rules.525693/page-3#post-78506529
He's not a journalist though, he's an activist.
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Ewww, how do I get the foul taste of agreeing with incelchief out of my mouth?
not sure why you think the distinction is important when the release of collateral murder , the war tapes and "cablegate" were all acts of journalism, and some of the more important ones in this century to boot.
Because journalists don't just dump information seeking to harm perceived political enemies. They analyse it in the context of the greater picture, seek out balancing and informed perspectives, and report it in a professional manner that doesn't harm (or attempts to limit the harm) to innocent people.
It's the reason there are implied protections for journalists in most democratic nations. There's an unwritten social contract...or there used to be. Now, with the advent of Fox News and the mirrored behaviour of left leaning media, journalism has been devalued, it's standing had been destroyed and the social contract is null and void. Now journalism is all about "getting one over on the other team" and dumping documents out there without any regard for that old social contract.
Assange is not a journalist, he doesn't follow any sort of journalistic code of ethics, he has no regard for the innocent people he puts in harm's way and he shouldn't get the same implied protections that real professional journalists are afforded.
I don't agree that he's a terrorist or whatever the yanks want to label him, he's a whistleblower and an activist and on the balance did a good thing, but he's not a journalist.
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