Brit tabloid "Private Eye" & AOL smear Julian Assange as "anti-semitic"
source: http://www.thenation.com/blog/158911/wikileaks-news-views-blog-tuesday-day-94?rel=emailNation
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As we know, claims about Assange's link to the controversial Israel Shamir set off the chain of events culminating in today's back-and-forth regarding a sensational Private Eye story. Now WikiLeaks has released what it is a statement re: Shamir that Private Eye did not run.
An excerpt: "It is false that Shamir is 'an Assange intimate'. He interviewed Assange (on behalf of Russian media), as have many journalists. He took a photo at that time and has only met with WikiLeaks staff (including Assange) twice. It is false that 'he was trusted with selecting the 250,000 US State Department cables for the Russian media' or that he has had access to such at any time."
3:20 WikiLeaks responds to Private Eye story (below). Notes it has several Jewish staff members and this and other factors has often led it to be smeared as pro-Jewish or pro-Israel. Blasts The Guardian's David Leigh. Notes article based on what writer Hislop "remembered" (not notes or recording). Then concludes with quotes from Assange: "Hislop has distorted, invented or misremembered almost every significant claim and phrase. In particular, 'Jewish conspiracy' is completely false, in spirit and in word. It is serious and upsetting. Rather than correct a smear, Mr. Hislop has attempted, perhaps not surprisingly, to justify one smear with another in the same direction. That he has a reputation for this, and is famed to have received more libel suits in the UK than any other journalist as a result, does not mean that it is right..... We treasure our strong Jewish support and staff, just as we treasure the support from pan-Arab democracy activists and others who share our hope for a just world."
http://www.thenation.com/blog/158911/wikileaks-news-views-blog-tuesday-day-94?re...
An excerpt: "It is false that Shamir is 'an Assange intimate'. He interviewed Assange (on behalf of Russian media), as have many journalists. He took a photo at that time and has only met with WikiLeaks staff (including Assange) twice. It is false that 'he was trusted with selecting the 250,000 US State Department cables for the Russian media' or that he has had access to such at any time."
3:20 WikiLeaks responds to Private Eye story (below). Notes it has several Jewish staff members and this and other factors has often led it to be smeared as pro-Jewish or pro-Israel. Blasts The Guardian's David Leigh. Notes article based on what writer Hislop "remembered" (not notes or recording). Then concludes with quotes from Assange: "Hislop has distorted, invented or misremembered almost every significant claim and phrase. In particular, 'Jewish conspiracy' is completely false, in spirit and in word. It is serious and upsetting. Rather than correct a smear, Mr. Hislop has attempted, perhaps not surprisingly, to justify one smear with another in the same direction. That he has a reputation for this, and is famed to have received more libel suits in the UK than any other journalist as a result, does not mean that it is right..... We treasure our strong Jewish support and staff, just as we treasure the support from pan-Arab democracy activists and others who share our hope for a just world."
http://www.thenation.com/blog/158911/wikileaks-news-views-blog-tuesday-day-94?re...
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Yet another reason to merge AOL with Fox "News"
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