Mainstream Media's War on Julian Assange

Mainstream Media’s War on Julian Assange

Tags: Big Government, Media and Culture, World History

05/24/2019 Ryan McMaken

The Bill of Rights doesn’t mention that freedom of speech is restricted to a special class of establishment journalists. Freedom of speech is a universal property right, regardless of what the establishment-media gatekeepers say.

Original Article: “Yes, Julian Assange Is a Journalist — But That Shouldn’t Matter”.

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