Esther Addley
The Guardian
The governments of the US and Ecuador have denied that they conspired to silence Julian Assange, after the WikiLeaks founder’s internet access was cut off at his London embassy home to stop him releasing damaging information about Hillary Clinton’s US election campaign.
21st Century Wire says…
Back in July, a federal appeals court intervened to block a North Carolina law that required voters to produce photo identification and other basic requirements on the grounds that it was “disproportionately affecting minorities” and making it harder for them to vote. Is this really a legitimate concern, or is there more to this issue?
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CNN’s Chris Cuomo (image, above) is certainly one of America’s most maligned and gaff-prone mainstream media pundits. But are these really gaffs, or is there more to this media operative?
This week, Cuomo went into full establishment mode, by attempting to scare the American public into NOT viewing Wikileaks emails online.
21st Century Wire says…
For many viewers, this came as no surprise, but for many FOX conservative loyalists, this latest news would have come as a shock.
FOX News host Shepard Smith joins other high-profile gay cable news anchors like CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Don Lemon.
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The Hillary Clinton campaign has gone hell-for-leather on the White House’s official conspiracy theory that Russia is hacking into and “trying to influence” the current US presidential election, and then trying to attach Russia to her opponent Donald Trump.
Here's what they should have been talking about instead.
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This was one of the most eagerly anticipated ‘cyber’ events ever, but today’s ‘October surprise’ turned out to be an October tease.
On Monday, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange warmed up the international community, and more importantly Trump supporters, when he hinted, “If we are going to make a major publication about the U.S., we wouldn’t do it at 3 a.m [Tues].”
