<nettime> Fwd: Re: Re: Pilger on flow of information

[John Young <jya@pipeline.com>]

> From: Pete Froslie <froslie@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Re: <nettime> Pilger on flow of information
> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 15:48:41 +0200
> To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
>
> I am out of the office until Monday, July 01, 
> 2019. I am traveling to the North Pole and will 
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> Sincerely,
> Pete
>
> On Jun 16, 2019, at 10:56 PM, John Young <jya@pipeline.com> wrote:
>
> > Fine for offense for estabished, seasoned 
> > journalists beholden to commercial publishers 
> > to promote the industry as defenders of, well, 
> > the superstructure varies, but usually rests on 
> > the advertising foundation, or generous 
> > benefactors of the NGO species, not to overlook 
> > the evenly more capaciously-backed 
> > GOV-supported enterprises, BBG, RFE, Tor, Signal, etc.
> >
> > But, upon careful scrutiny of the 
> > WikiLeaks/Assange saga, the voluminous 
> > outpouring is not yet so applicable to 
> > WL/Assange despite innumerable journalists 
> > making use of it/him for their purposes, as 
> > done by the press for the history of WikiLeaks, 
> > Assange doing his part to play along with the 
> > rather over the top comedic-melodrama 
> > customarily deployed by used vehicle salespersons.
> >
> > Hang out with journalists for an earful of 
> > their venomous hatred of publishers and 
> > advertisers and public relations practitioners, 
> > and, not least, lawyers devising and running 
> > the plays of what can be published with limited 
> > risk to owners/investors of the press.
> >
> > Assange once castigated journalists for their 
> > cowardice but elected to tone that down after 
> > being joined by a coterie of "seasoned" jounos 
> > and 1A lawyers who advised to wear the costume 
> > of press privilege, to shade releases enough to 
> > forestall official armageddon, that is, prevent 
> > and/or dry-up funding, to perform 
> > "responsibly," and quietly vet with 
> > authorities. Assange's indictments, original 
> > and superceding, appear crafted with the 1A industry prime target.
> >
> > The very exaggerated defense of press sanctity 
> > in the Assange case certainly betrays venal 
> > opportunism with least risk to journalism and 
> > maximum publicity. Pile it on, so seldom does a 
> > group of usually vicious competitors get to 
> > choral a glorification of a sacrificial victim: 
> > they can only hope Assange is paraded for 
> > months and years "on the way to the gallows." Cliche gold mine awaits.
> >
> >
> >
> > At 01:43 PM 6/16/2019, you wrote:
> > Dear nettime,Ã?
> >
> > This interview is an impressive account, if you 
> > have not read oneÂ?and by one of our most 
> > impressive brothersÂ?- of the at attacks and 
> > governmental punishment of journalists in a 
> > several countries, and the falling down of free 
> > press and flow of information in liberal 
> > democracies which are still pretending to be liberal democracies.Ã?
> >
> > John Pilger - such a commanding voice for these 
> > times - a supporter of AssangeÂ?gives us history and aanalysis:
> >
> > <<https://consortiumnews.com/2019/06/14/john-pilger-the-global-war-on-assange-journalism-dissent/>https://consortiumnews.com/2019/06/14/john-pilger-the-global-war-on-assange-journalism-dissent/>https://consortiumnews.com/2019/06/14/john-pilger-the-global-war-on-assange-journalism-dissent/ 
> >
> >
> > Molly
> >
> >
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