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It was the media, led by the Guardian, that kept Julian Assange behind bars
The truth is, with a properly adversarial media playing the role it declares for itself, as a watchdog on power, Julian Assange would have been freed years ago. The establishment media acted as a willing tool in the demonising narrative the US and British governments carefully crafted against the Wikileaks founder.
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