Assange Predicts Clinton to Attack US Liberal Media if Elected President

http://sputniknews.com/us/20160901/1044834003/clinton-liberal-media-attack.html

Assange, who has posted troves of sensitive data online detailing the crimes of nation-states and other actors, made his comments during an interview with The New York Times on Wednesday.

“The American liberal press,” he stated via Facebook Live, “in falling over themselves to defend Hillary Clinton, are erecting a demon that is going to put nooses around everyone’s necks as soon as she wins the election, which is almost certainly what she’s going to do.”

In July, WikiLeaks released some 20,000 emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) that revealed how Clinton was heavily favored in the Democratic presidential primaries over rival Bernie Sanders. Following the release, the Clinton camp accused Assange of having links to entities in Russian intelligence who sought to undermine her presidential run.

Answering the allegations, Assange, residing in the Honduran embassy in London, said that WikiLeaks doesn’t target the West, observing that he has released an estimated 10 million documents shedding light on top-level corruption in many countries, including Russia.

“We also represent whistleblowers who want to speak to the public like a lawyer to the greatest court in the world, the court of public opinion. We don’t target anyone.”

In addition, the “hysteria” triggered by Clinton over a threat that Russia is attempting to influence the US presidential elections suggests to Assange the paranoia of the McCarthy era.

“Her campaign has effectively called, or maybe even directly called Donald Trump, the opposition leader in this case, a Russian agent,” he said. “Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, the fourth candidate effectively in terms of numbers, has also been called a Russian agent. This is neo-McCarthyist hysteria.”

Assange ruled out Russia as a major threat to the US, suggesting that Moscow is “a bit player” on the international arena.

Speaking of what will happen if Clinton is elected the new president, Assange indicated that she will follow a precedent established by US President Barack Obama’s administration, which prosecuted more journalists and sources than all previous presidential administration combined.In so-called leak investigations, the Obama administration has abused the Espionage Act, Assange said. The 1917 law was originally intended to prevent support for US enemies during wartime.

The whistleblowing publisher vowed that additional classified documents detailing the behavior of Clinton and her campaign staff will be posted online by WikiLeaks directly before the November presidential election.

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.... if Clinton is elected the new president, Assange indicated that she will follow a precedent established by US President Barack Obama’s administration, which PROSECUTED MORE JOURNALISTS & SOURCES than ALL previous presidential administration combined.In so-called leak investigations, the Obama administration has abused the Espionage Act, Assange said.

She's gotta keep the ball rolling.

Assange is himself, one of the self-appointed "whistleblowers" of the world, who has to hide out in the Ecuadorian Embassy from a number of countries who want to arrest him for several reasons. He is not famous for being without bias, rather the reverse. And many of the most recent stories triggered by statements he has made, have failed to prove accurate.

So I'm not much impressed by his increasingly paranoid-sounding rants and allegations. IF something actually comes up, that isn't colored by his personal fears and concerns, I'll be paying attention. But given his track record of wildly over-blowing what he has managed to leak, I'm not expecting much.

i have to agree, here... the only liberal media she will turn on is the ones who don't follow her commands...

Hildabeast wants everyone to goosestep to her tune.
Anyone who refuses, gets sent to a funeral parlor...
errrr... fun camp.

the only thing i can considering is if hillary clinton will be elected then the gaoverment information security issue will lead outher wise nothing will be focus......you get the big deal he knows how.......trump perveil......XD

"‘Evading media questions level: Expert’ - Master class from Hillary Clinton"

http://youtu.be/va6WWsFXQ7g/
2:54 RT News

Published on Sep 8, 2016
RT's Caleb Maupin on how Hillary keeps avoiding directly answering questions.

61 days till election

CNN poll
Trump 45%
Clinton  43%

Clinton hasn't  given a direct press conference, in 275 days.

she will shut down one way or another ,any media that doesn't sing and dances to her Tunes!

Clinton campaign warns media to tread carefully

http://www.thehill.com/homenews/campaign/294910-clinton-campaign-warns-media-to-tread-carefully/

Hillary ClintonHillary Rodham ClintonPowell goes on defense: 'I stand by my decisions' Poll: Trump leads Clinton by 3 points in NC The Hill's 12:30 Report MORE’s campaign is working the refs hard when it comes to reports about her health.



While Clinton responded to a fit of coughing this week with humor, saying she was “allergic” to GOP presidential nominee Donald TrumpDonald TrumpPoll: Trump leads Clinton by 3 points in NC Ryan: Putin is an 'aggressor' The Hill's 12:30 Report MORE, her aides and surrogates played the role of bad cop.

Campaign spokesman Nick Merrill took to task an NBC reporter who wrote about the coughing spell, posting on Twitter that the writer should “get a life.”

The five-paragraph story, by Andrew Rafferty, was titled “Hillary Clinton fights back coughing attack” and reported that the “frog in Clinton’s throat on Monday was one of the most aggressive she’s had during her 2016 run.”

Jon Favreau, a former speechwriter for President Obama, asked via Twitter if “anyone on NBC, or anywhere else,” was willing to defend the piece.

The pushback signaled that Clinton’s campaign intends to sharply counterattack news organizations that take questions about her health seriously.

“They’re trying to work the refs a little bit as they try to push back on the mainstream media’s willingness to pick up on some of this stuff that’s usually left to the fringes,” Clinton surrogate Jim Manley explained.

The Drudge Report and other conservative media sites have largely driven the coverage of Clinton’s health, following the concussion she suffered in late 2012 and years before she announced her intention to run again for president.

But Manley said the Democrat’s camp has seen the coverage “bleeding to the mainstream media” in recent weeks.

After Trump insinuated recently that Clinton wasn’t healthy, the campaign responded forcefully, ripping Trump allies for concocting fake documents from Clinton’s doctor.

“They’re trying to stop it,” Manley continued. “I think they learned a long time ago that you can’t just ignore these things. There’s always a fine line between react or not, but in this day in age, to say nothing is often not the best way to go.”

Clinton aides and supporters see the healthcare stories as a bunch of baloney, and they want the media to cover it as such.

One former Clinton aide called it a “complete farce, and the only way to handle it is to say in no uncertain terms that Donald Trump is full of it.”

The former aide also agreed that the Clinton campaign wants to put pressure on the press.

“I think that the fact that any mainstream publications would do anything but make this is a story about Donald Trump is completely out of the mainstream and why these claims have gotten worse,” the former aide said. “Some reporters have taken these claims at face value, and it’s the reason this story is still out there.”

Those around the Clinton campaign insist Clinton World isn’t worried that the health stories will damage her White House bid, though the latest pushback comes as polls of the race have tightened.

“The fact of the matter is there is no truth or factual evidence to debunk,” the former aide said. “She is perfectly healthy. The only way is to challenge him to a pushup contest at the first debate.”

New revelations about Clinton’s use of a private email server when she was secretary of State and a round of negative headlines about donors to the Clinton Foundation are mostly blamed for the closer poll results. Clinton continues to battle perceptions that she is untrustworthy, and the twin storylines have hurt her.

Allies, however, maintain that voters aren’t worried about the stories questioning her health.

“I think the media deserves to be beat up on this because I think it’s ridiculous. I really doubt that any American really cares about this,” said Democratic strategist Brad Bannon.

“This is as trivial as you can get. The media deserves pushback for giving so much coverage to this thing,” he added.

Both the Clinton and Trump campaigns have had a contentious relationship with the press.

Reporters on the Clinton beat have complained about a lack of access to the candidate and the lack of a press conference for months. And Trump has frequently targeted reporters for ridicule by name while complaining of being treated poorly by the Fourth Estate.

More recently, both campaigns have sought to improve their relationships with the press.

Trump ended his blacklist of media organizations, announcing that news outlets banned from entering his events would again be allowed to cover him.

Clinton this week allowed reporters to begin traveling with her on her campaign plane. She has repeatedly gone to the back of the plane to answer questions from the traveling press.

Her joke about being allergic to Trump drew applause from a supportive crowd in Cleveland.

But Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s campaign manager, used the moment to highlight Clinton’s standoffishness with the press.

“Must be allergic to media,” Conway wrote on Twitter. “Finally spent a minute [with] them.”

then it must be a gaint potato diging in.......as the principle of dmocrate that no one aginst means all against.......heil to the mother of nature.....she need to lern more about the current facts.....both factors........

She will go after Rush Limbaugh and all of the other conservative talk shows. It will be the "Fairness in Media" Act. Which will only be fair to liberals. Guns and conservative talk shows are on her agenda.

Yes... that is what I see too. All the years of PC crap.. is just a prelude.
(That is why, I added the question mark in the title.)