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Julian Assange
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Rundle: Assange needs to turn his predicament into a wider cause
Sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice, the appeals court dismissed all four separate arguments made by Assange’s legal team, thus committing him to extradition to Sweden, should the Supreme Court refuse to review the appeal.
Rundle: court upholds Assange
extradition
By the end of November, Julian Assange will have spent a year either in remand or bailed to house curfew, with an electronic tag – the maximum amount of time he could have been jailed were he to be charged and convicted on the accusations made.
Rundle's ruminations: The humble credit card is now a political tool
WikiLeaks has been so dependent on the business model built up during the commercialisation of the web — that all one needs to do is get people people to hit the “confirm payment” button — that the withdrawal of such became a political tool.
Crikey Says: The slow financial strangulation of WikiLeaks
The slow financial strangulation of WikiLeaks by the major credit card institutions Mastercard, Visa and online payment giant PayPal, has certainly harmed the whistleblower organisation’s capacity to embarrass the world’s governments.
Media briefs: Jacko death bed … Australia Network decision … Assange’s book fail …
In today’s Media Briefs: Michael Jackson death pic … Kwark still saving the old world … Australia Network contract decision imminent … Assange misses chart and more …
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Assange bio: not a manuscript anyone would intend to publish
They were putting copies of Julian Assange: The Unauthorised Autobiography in the window of Waterstone’s this morning when I arrived to buy a copy, which was cool — I really thought that was no more than a movie cliché, writes Guy Rundle.
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Guy Rundle: Assange denounces publication of ‘unauthorised bio’
WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange’s much-talked of book is being released in Britain today, following a sudden announcement from publishers Canongate.
Media briefs: Rudds’ airport woes … Hun’s loaded poll …
In today’s Media Briefs: airport troubles for Rudds … More updates on the issue they won’t update … Online Poll of the Day … Julian Assange publishers to release autobiography without his consent and more …
Guy Rundle: What drives Guardianistas so crazy about matters Assange?
So you thought the WikiLeaks saga couldn’t get any stranger, more convoluted or more ridiculous in juxtaposing stories of world import with petty absurdity? Think again.
WikiLeaks and disclosing classified
information
Julian Assange may face prosecution for revealing the identity of an ASIO officer. But governments disclose secret things all the time.
It’s done: bruised egos lead to the release of uncensored WikiLeaks cables
The full, uncensored Wikileaks cables are now available. And it seems the egos of those involved with Wikileaks and its media partners are the reason why.
Guy Rundle: The madness of Assange’s third extradition hearing
Two justices, representing the near-pinnacle of English law have spent a more than a day considering the details of two one-night stands and a tackle rub undertaken nearly a year ago in a faraway city.
Media briefs: Origin IV and the law … welcome to Murdochia … Assange in court …
In today’s Media Briefs: Mal, the papers and one little word … Welcome to Murdochia … Julian Assange fronts court with new lawyers to fight deportation order and more …
A portrait of Bradley Manning
The man who leaked the largest amount of classified information in US history, Bradley Manning, is often overlooked by the media, which focuses on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Steve Fishman provides an in-depth profile of a dangerous and lonely solider.
Stainless Steel Rat — York Theatre, Sydney
Former Sydney Theatre Company artistic director Wayne Harrison’s Wikiplay attempts to diagnose the personality of Julian Assange. It’s a well-written and thrilling visceral ride but doesn’t present any real revelations, writes Lloyd Bradford Skye.
WikiLeaks spokesman: Guardian, NYT wanted to rush war logs
The doyens of the mainstream media were the ones flirting with danger over Wikileaks material, not the site itself, Kristinn Hrafnsson reveals. Bernard Keane and Matthew Knott report.
Media briefs: NYT‘s first female ed … beefed up correction …
The Department of Corrections. I’d be disappointed too if I was promised a steak dinner but all I got was “beef on a bun”. Plus, Julian Assange wins Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism and other media news.
Julian Assange and the wobbliness of pictorial art
W H Chong discusses the trouble with text vs. pictures in understanding the image of important cultural figures, and how with his new print of Julian Assange, what you see is what you get.
Media briefs: Assange keyholed … Kernot on the BBC …
After taking a whole day to report on Julian Assange’s peace prize win, The Guardian weirdly photoshopped Assange’s face. Plus, other media news of the day.
Guy Rundle: Rundle: Assange accepts peace medal, attacks former partners
Assange slammed what he implied was a series of snobbish class judgments in The Guardian’s treatment of the phone-hacking scandal, which has centred on “red top” tabloid the News of the World.
Media briefs: Assange verses Gillard … Leckie’s WAN spray … media shake-ups at SMH and Oz …
Assange’s News.com.au serenade to Gillard … Leckie’s “dopes and idiots” at WAN … Editorial shakeup in newspapers’ media sections … Egypt sentences blogger to three years …
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