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Assange had been systematically slandered to divert attention from the crimes he exposed.

Demasking the Torture of Julian Assange Nils Melzer Jun 26 ·2019 By Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Torture Victims, 26 June 2019 I know, you may think I am deluded. How could life in an Embassy with a cat and a skateboard ever amount…

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The Epoch Times’ position on and approach to reporting on the Trump administration is described in this October 2018 letter to our readers.

VIEWPOINTS Our Response to NBC News’ Inappropriate Questions Stephen Gregory PUBLISHER June 20, 2019 Dear Readers, Last week, we were contacted by two NBC reporters who posed a series of highly inappropriate questions. The NBC reporters questioned the religious beliefs of some of our staff members, sought to discredit their beliefs, attacked our journalism based…

Since the invention of assholes in 50,000 B.C.E., bleached-toothed television pundits and other social parasites have beckoned the young to die or lose limbs in pointless, illegal wars.

This Is Not a Drill: NYT Editorial Board Lays Groundwork For War With Russia. Can’t Wait! The Gray Lady beats her war drum for the 10,000th time. Thanks, but we’ll pass. Fri, Sep 30, 2016 The NYT Editorial Board — the first brave souls to volunteer for the Eastern Front Since the invention of assholes…

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Whistleblowers: No More Secrets

  Edward Snowden, the Washington Post & Whistleblowers By: Kevin Gosztola Monday June 10, 2013   Washington PostAfter Edward Snowden came forward and identified himself as the source of disclosures that had been published by The Guardian on top secret surveillance programs being operated by the National Security Agency, Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman posted…

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Robotic News For The Masses: Automated platforms are now “writing” news

Automated platforms are now “writing” news     Can technology be autonomous? Does it lead a life of its own and operate independently of human guidance? From the French theologian Jacques Ellul to the Unabomber, this used to be widely accepted. Today, however, most historians and sociologists of technology dismiss it as naive and inaccurate….

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Syndication Age News Stories: Mistakes Morphs into Meme and Myth

    The word as virus: Myth-making in the syndication age Submitted by GMason on Sun, 03/18/2012   My general theory since 1971 has been that the Word is literally a virus, and that it has not been recognized as such because it has achieved a state of relatively stable symbiosis with its human host…

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The Future of Wars Insanity of Killing: Cyber Terrorism Weapon of Mass Destruction

Computer expert says US behind Stuxnet worm By Glenn Chapman   A computer security expert said he believes the United States and Israel’s Mossad unleashed the malicious Stuxnet worm on Iran’s nuclear program. Photo / Thinkstock LONG BEACH – A German computer security expert said he believes the United States and Israel’s Mossad unleashed the…

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Wikileakes: Exclusive Interview w/ Hacker who Exposed Bradley Manning [video]

US army soldier Bradley Manning is currently being held in defence department custody, at a military base in Virginia. He was arrested in July, after the FBI received a tip-off from convicted computer hacker Adrian Lamo. In this Al Jazeera exclusive interview, Monica Villamizar spoke to Lamo about Manning’s arrest.