(2011/01/01) Governments Verus Journalism (Wikileaks)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 2 January 2011
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Edition #440
Governments Verus Journalism
Act 1: The campaign to ruin Julian Assange – The Progressive
Song 1: And So It Goes – The Essential Billy Joel
Act 2: Assange released from jail – The Bugle
Song 2: Jailhouse Rock – The Essential Elvis Presley (Remastered)
Act 3: Full Exclusive Assange interview – MSNBC
Song 3: Hurt – American IV: Man Comes Around
Act 4: Thomas Friedman’s approval of wikileaks – Counterspin
Song 4: Morning Sun – Shayna Zaid & the Catch
Act 5: US reaps what it sows – Majority Report
Song 5: What You Get – Bastards of the Beat
Act 6: Open letter signatory on wikileaks – On the Media
Song 6: What we’ve got – Anthony da Costa and Emilyn Brodsky
Act 7: Media should stand up for Assange – Young Turks
Song 7: Time to Ride – Sammy Davis, Jr.: Greatest Hits (Live)
Act 8: Nothing bad about wikileaks – David Feldman Podcast
Song 8: One Day – Light (Bonus Track Version)
Act 9: Losing liberties over wikileaks – The Progressive
Song 9: Flamencos En El Aire – Gipsy Kings
Act 10: Inhumane treatment of PFC. Manning – Young Turks
Song 9: Drift Away – Brothers In Blues & Sisters In Soul – 18 Classic Tracks (Re-Recorded Version)
Act 10: Michael Moore on wikileaks – Rachel Maddow
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
How to handle Julian Assange – Daily Show
Sources:
The Progressive
The Bugle
MSNBC
Counterspin
The Majority Report
On the Media
The Young Turks
David Feldman Podcast
Rachel Maddow
The Daily Show
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.1 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from the Progressive, |
| 0:12.8 | the Bugle, the Young Turks, CounterSpin, the majority report on the media, the David Feldman |
| 0:17.2 | podcast, and the Rachel Maddo show with a bonus video clip for our Apple iOS and Android |
| 0:22.5 | app users from the Daily Show. |
| 0:30.2 | So now Julian Assange is under arrest. |
| 0:32.8 | I'm in no position to fully weigh the evidence against him, and I take all allegations of rape |
| 0:37.6 | and sexual misconduct very seriously. |
| 0:40.3 | But I wonder about this one. |
| 0:41.6 | His accusers allegedly sent text messages and tweets boasting about having sex with him. |
| 0:47.1 | And I know for an absolute fact that the US government is intent on destroying him. |
| 0:51.4 | They wanted to destroy him not for allegedly committing a sex crime, but for committing |
| 0:55.6 | the crime of journalism for exercising the right of free speech and freedom of the |
| 1:00.2 | press. |
| 1:01.4 | Until his arrest, the US government seemed to be putting more pressure on finding him than |
| 1:05.4 | Osama bin Laden. |
| 1:07.2 | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said he had attacked not only the US, but the entire |
| 1:11.4 | world. |
| 1:12.4 | Newt Gingrich demanded that he be named an enemy combatant and sent, I suppose, to Guantanamo |
| 1:17.3 | or Bogrum. |
| 1:18.6 | Bill O'Reilly said he should be assassinated. |
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