“It is the media that controls the boundaries of what is politically permissible, so better to change the media. Profit motives work against it, but if we can have the audience understand that most other forms of journalism are not credible, then it may be a forced move.” IfsMayMovingFormAudienceMediaProfitBoundariesJournalismMotiveCredibleProfit Motive Author:Julian Assange
“Media is a big problem around the world, it's powerful and can abuse its power.” WorldProblemBigsPowerfulMediaAbuseAround The WorldBig Problems Author:Julian Assange
“WikiLeaks is really a litmus test for those people who walk the talk in the media. How much will they really follow their protestations to be brave publishers, and how much do they really want to lick the boots of power? Well, you can tell by their engagement with us and what they do.” PeopleWantWellsWalksMediaTestsBraveEngagementBootsPublishersBe BraveWikileaks Author:Julian Assange
“If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.” IfsMediaJournalismControversyControversialGood Journalism Author:Julian Assange
“As we have seen, WikiLeaks is a robust organization. During my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a Victorian prison, we continue to release, our media partners continued to write stories. The important revelations from this material continue to come out. We have approximately 2,000 cables into 250,000.” WritingImportantStoriesMediaMaterialsOrganizationPrisonPartnersReleaseMy TimeRevelationsSolitaryCablesBasementsRobustVictorianConfinementWikileaksSolitary Confinement Author:Julian Assange
“The Iraq War was the biggest issue for people of my generation in the West. It was also the clearest case, in my living memory, of media manipulation and the creation of a war through ignorance.” PeopleWarMemoriesCasesIssuesGenerationsMediaCreationIgnoranceWestIraqManipulationMy GenerationIraq WarMedia ManipulationInvading Iraq Author:Julian Assange
“As always, most media aligns with the presumptive winner even though their claimed societal virtue is to investigate those in power.” VirtueMediaWinner Author:Julian Assange
“While many of the established media make losses or go bankrupt, WikiLeaks has survived a major conflict with a superpower, including an unlawful economic blockade by its banks and credit card companies and the detention of its editor. We have no debts. We have not had to fire staff. We have never lost a court case related to our publishing. We have never been forced to censor. Adversity has hardened us.” LostLossCompanyCasesFireEconomicMediaConflictMajorsAdversityCourtIncludingCreditDebtCardsRelatedEditorsPublishingStaffSurvivedCredit CardSuperpowerHardenedWikileaksDetentionUnlawfulBlockadesCourt Cases Author:Julian Assange
“My answer is that [Donald] Trump would not be permitted to win. Why do I say that? Because he's had every establishment off side; Trump doesn't have one establishment, maybe with the exception of the Evangelicals, if you can call them an establishment, but banks, intelligence [agencies], arms companies... big foreign money ... are all united behind Hillary Clinton, and the media as well, media owners and even journalists themselves.” IfsWellsBigsWinningSidesAnswersUnitedBehindsCompanyMediaArmsTrumpClintonJournalistAgencyExceptionOwnersEstablishmentIntelligence Agencies Author:Julian Assange
“Trump doesn't have one establishment, maybe with the exception of the Evangelicals, if you can call them an establishment, but banks, intelligence agencies, arms companies, big foreign money, are all united behind Hillary Clinton, and the media as well, media owners and even journalists themselves.” IfsWellsBigsUnitedBehindsCompanyMediaArmsTrumpClintonJournalistAgencyExceptionOwnersEstablishmentIntelligence Agencies Author:Julian Assange
“This generation is burning the mass media to the ground.” GenerationsMediaMassBurningThis GenerationMass Media Author:Julian Assange
“It really is my opinion that media in general are so bad that we have to question whether the world wouldn't be better off without them altogether. They are so distortive to how the world actually is that the result is.. we see wars, and we see corrupt governments continue on.” WorldWarGovernmentLyingResultsOpinionMediaBetter OffCorrupt Government Author:Julian Assange
“One of the hopeful things that I've discovered is that nearly every war that has started in the past 50 years has been a result of media lies. The media could've stopped it if they had searched deep enough; if they hadn't reprinted government propaganda they could've stopped it.” IfsYearsHas BeensWarEnoughGovernmentPastLyingResultsMediaPropagandaHopeful Author:Julian Assange
“Every War in the past 50 Years is a Result of Media Lies” YearsWarPastLyingResultsMedia Author:Julian Assange
