WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange breaks silence

After years of incarceration, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange made his first public appearance in France. Assange broke his self-imposed silence, stating that he “pleaded guilty to journalism” to secure his freedom.

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[dp]

Let's be clear, he's talking about journalists. Not the people at MSNBC, CNN or FOX.

[galacticgufus]

Thank you Julian Assange. It's good to hear from you.

[deeluu]

That poor guy. He was the first person to alert us about the damage of playing with free speech.

[annalisavajda]

His opening statement he immediately advises the audience not to expect he be as energetic or as eloquent as he once was authentically he is now traumatized by the isolation he experienced and suffering he endured and witnessed he's not permitted to file a human rights complaint either so speaking probably seems rather futile now knowing there will be no real justice for himself and likely many others reporting crimes is a crime now. To a lesser extent Ronan Farrow described the "catch and kill" philosophy towards journalists have they anything important to say. Very different than the Watergate scandal when reporters were rewarded for exposing corruption now they are silenced by force or behaviour altercations make them more prone to self censorship.

[eprofessio]

They are still going to kill him. He just doesn’t understand that they will never let him go.

[gardengnome]

This is what albo and his ilk want so desperately under the guise of mis and dis information. What I want is for him and his ilk to pass quietly into history with out a whimper after the next election.

[annalisavajda]

His opening statement he immediately advises the audience not to expect he be as energetic or as eloquent as he once was authentically he is now traumatized by the isolation he experienced and suffering he endured and witnessed he's not permitted to file a human rights complaint either so speaking probably seems rather futile now knowing there will be no real justice for himself and likely many others reporting crimes is a crime now. To a lesser extent Ronan Farrow described the "catch and kill" philosophy towards journalists have they anything important to say. Very different than the Watergate scandal when reporters were rewarded for exposing corruption now they are silenced by force or behaviour modification make them more prone to self censorship. Like Snowden his life is forever altered now and yet things did not improve despite the sacrifice mass surveillance is more widespread war crimes continue average people have no control over their governments particularly when all parties are corrupt to a varied extent.

[annalisavajda]

His opening statement he immediately advises the audience not to expect he be as energetic or as eloquent as he once was authentically he is now traumatized by the isolation he experienced and suffering he endured and witnessed he's not permitted to file a human rights complaint either so speaking probably seems rather futile now knowing there will be no real justice for himself and likely many others reporting crimes is a crime now. To a lesser extent Ronan Farrow described the "catch and kill" philosophy towards journalists have they anything important to say. Very different than the Watergate scandal when reporters were rewarded for exposing corruption now they are silenced by force or behaviour altercations make them more prone to self censorship.

[angliccivilization]

This man is not an American citizen, so American laws should NEVER have applied to him.

[kryptonite]

At first your network had me hopeful that you did not do bias reporting. But the more I listen to your videos like this one, your bias is coming through almost as much as the mainstream media.

[richardvandb]

He has never been a journalist he is just a computer hacker!

[MMG-gw]

He’s irrelevant and now he’s trying to revive that 😢

[waynealan]

Trump could have pardoned him but didn’t. He’s part of the machine.