*A Remarkable Silence: Media Blackout After Key Witness Against Assange
Admits Lying*
1 July 2021
As we have pointed out since Media Lens began in 2001, a fundamental
feature of corporate media is propaganda by omission
<https://www.medialens.org/2021/propaganda-by-omission-libya-syria-venezuela-and-the-uk/>.
Over the past week, a stunning example has highlighted this core
property once again.
A major witness in the US case against Julian Assange has just admitted
fabricating key accusations in the indictment against the Wikileaks
founder. These dramatic revelations emerged in an extensive article
<https://stundin.is/grein/13627/key-witness-in-assange-case-admits-to-lies-in-indictment/>
published on 26 June in Stundin, an Icelandic newspaper. The paper
interviewed the witness, Sigurdur Ingi Thordarson, a former WikiLeaks
volunteer, who admitted that he had made false allegations against
Assange after being recruited by US authorities. Thordarson, who has
several convictions for sexual abuse of minors and financial fraud,
began working with the US Department of Justice and the FBI after
receiving a promise of immunity from prosecution. He even admitted to
continuing his crime spree while working with the US authorities.
[...]
continua qui:
https://www.medialens.org/2021/a-remarkable-silence-media-blackout-after-key-witness-against-assange-admits-lying/
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