Julian Assange calls editors ‘corrupt’ at Hong Kong conference

All one needs to do is read a few yahoo 'people's press news' blogs to know the mainstream press is bogus.

He does have a valid point. All the major media outlets nowadays are swinging either left or right and objective reporting is a thing of the past.... Americans don't know how much information is screened out from the news websites, just take a look at foreign publications and you start to see the picture....

The US media is more than corrupt, it's a propaganda tool, endlessly working to shape mass opinion.

Just look at Bob Schieffer for example. Say one thing to old Bob that is not Beltway Approved, and Bob chuckles like you belong in a padded room. You can spout any lie at all to old Bob, but it better be Beltway Approved.

And Assange is 100% right.

"I didn't do this job to crawl up the ladder of the powerful," Sylvie Kauffmann, editorial director of Le Monde, said. "I don't think this accusation stands."

Kauffmann does not 'think' the accusation stands....... but will get back to us after she confers with her powers to be.

Hence the growth in non-traditional sources, i.e. RT, Al Jezeera, Info Wars, Keiser Report, etc. Hopefully, as the lines blur between the govt and the media, non-traditional sources will flourish.

Of course they are corrupt - tell us something we didn't know Julian. It's all about increasing ratings and generating more revenue $$$. They will lie, cheat, steal and hack phones to make more money and increase their ratings. FORTUNATELY the main-stream media is just now STARTING to disappear because of all of the varied sources of real news on the internet. Their days are numbered.

We no longer trust USA MEDIA .. it has a slant that does not reflect general opinion but does support a predetermined goal.

Never thought that I would say that I agree with Assange's observations.

Bilderberg.

He's right about this. Of course, being right can get you in big trouble.

I couldn't find the comment so I thought I'd post it again. "Mainstream news editors are corrupt. The list of their lies is endless. 1. They lied about the dangers of privatizing. Money was borrowed that couldn’t be paid back to allow executives to buy companies they undervalued from shareholders. Privatizing companies defrauded shareholders. Then the executives who bought the company looted it and put the assets of the company in their pocket. Then they sold worthless debt laden companies on the stock exchange defrauding the people who bought the stock. The newspaper editors kept their mouths shut because the news outlet where they worked was owned by the very people who were robbing companies. 2. They lied about worthless mortgages being made where the lender collected a commission and sold the bad debt to some sucker like a school district. 3. They lied about the mortgage failure. Instead of admitting it was about selling bad debt they said Barney Frank made the mortgage companies do it. They said Barney Frank was more powerful than the President. They said the Democrats held congress when the Republicans did. They said all the judges were Democrats and if they didn’t do as Frank said he would fire them. Judges serve for life and sixty present of them are Republicans. 4. They lied about the balanced budget under Clinton. They said it was the work of Newt Gingrich when he voted against it. All the Republicans voted against it. They lied and said the 1997 budget was balanced when it was over budget. 5. They lied about the surge in Iraq. They Democrats wanted the US to send more troops and the Republicans didn’t. Finally Bush was forced to ask for more troops and the Democrats said if he wanted them the US would have to show they were wining. 6. They lied about Iraq. Instead of asking if there would weapons of mass destruction they refused to ask if Saddam had any WMDs that he could use right now. He didn’t have any he could use so there was no clear and present danger. 7. They lied about cutting the budget and regulations such acts always lead to depression."

HE IS CORRECT

Mainstream news editors are corrupt. The list of their lies is endless.
1. They lied about the dangers of privatizing. Money was borrowed that couldn’t be paid back to allow executives to buy companies they undervalued from shareholders. Privatizing companies defrauded shareholders. Then the executives who bought the company looted it and put the assets of the company in their pocket. Then they sold worthless debt laden companies on the stock exchange defrauding the people who bought the stock. The newspaper editors kept their mouths shut because the news outlet where they worked was owned by the very people who were robbing companies.
2. They lied about worthless mortgages being made where the lender collected a commission and sold the bad debt to some sucker like a school district.
3. They lied about the mortgage failure. Instead of admitting it was about selling bad debt they said Barney Frank made the mortgage companies do it. They said Barney Frank was more powerful than the President. They said the Democrats held congress when the Republicans did. They said all the judges were Democrats and if they didn’t do as Frank said he would fire them. Judges serve for life and sixty present of them are Republicans.
4. They lied about the balanced budget under Clinton. They said it was the work of Newt Gingrich when he voted against it. All the Republicans voted against it. They lied and said the 1997 budget was balanced when it was over budget.
5. They lied about the surge in Iraq. They Democrats wanted the US to send more troops and the Republicans didn’t. Finally Bush was forced to ask for more troops and the Democrats said if he wanted them the US would have to show they were wining.
6. They lied about Iraq. Instead of asking if there would weapons of mass destruction they refused to ask if Saddam had any WMDs that he could use right now. He didn’t have any he could use so there was no clear and present danger.
7. They lied about cutting the budget and regulations such acts always lead to depression.

Zuckerberg sells your private information to corporations and he was named man of the year. Assange gives the public free information on corporations and governments and he’s called a villain.

He's right... These folks have given the Administration a pass on everything so they can keep their seats at the table...

We all knew this to be true but we need to hear it again and again until there is no doubt. Maybe then it will be fixed, not by the rich and powerful, not by the self-serving prostitiue politicians, but the ordinary Americans. Let's let them know who is really in charge. They have the $$$ but we have the numbers!

Julian is right. Wall Street is collapsing because it was built on corruption. I see now the upper middle class is getting really aggressive at marketing so they can keep their seat at the big billionaire boys table! Legal drugs, tar sands oil, vaccines, cell phones, alcohol, fast food, insurance and adult diapers are all really being pushed. Now the rest of us will fall onto the backs of our children.
GO JULIAN!

Assange is legit.