Julian Assange To Host Talk Show 164
An anonymous reader writes "Julian Assange has announced he will host a talk show: 'Through this series I will explore the possibilities for our future in conversations with those who are shaping it,' Assange said in his announcement late Monday. 'Are we heading towards utopia or dystopia, and how we can set our paths? This is an exciting opportunity to discuss the vision of my guests in a new style of show that examines their philosophies and struggles in a deeper and clearer way than has been done before.'"
Phenomenal (Score:5, Insightful)
Whoever let this man onto mainstream media made a huge mistake for themselves.
For the rest of us, potential win.
I would love for him to spread his perspective and morals to a larger audience, because, from what I know of him (and being under the impression of the fallacy of his alleged rape charges), he represents a truly free, government-agnostic (am I using that right?) way forward for human kind. Our governments should not do evil unto others, and that should be apparent from it's own historical evidence.
Re:Good. But... (Score:2, Insightful)
And: Isn't it hypocritical to be advocating for complete openness and then go ahead and selectively release leaks that fit your particular political agenda while spicing them up with biased and false editorial comments? Wouldn't it be better to shut up and let the leaks speak for themselves?
Re:Good. But... (Score:5, Insightful)
People keep making those allegations about the selective releases, but the reality is that it's irresponsible to leak things that are completely unredacted and they didn't have the resources to process all the materials. They had even less resources after the bankers decided to not process the payments.
Perhaps people should stop spreading this sort of FUD and character assassination and focus on things that actually matter.
Re:Color me unsurprised (Score:5, Insightful)
Ever since his arrest, he's pretty much had to. Unless he manages to keep some form of media focus on him, such that a significant number of people will care about what happens to him, he'll vanish overseas.
Publicity is life to him, at the moment. Given his life prior to the Bradley leaks, I'm pretty sure he's not a publicity hound.
Re:Phenomenal (Score:5, Insightful)
It is interesting that everything negative I read and hear about this man (and there is A LOT of that) is all, without exception, personal attacks on him.
I guess that means he is an asshole and does behave assholish a lot.
But the thing is: I really don't care about the character and integrity of some guy I don't even know personally.
Now if the there really is nothing else wrong about the things he proclaims, other than they are being brought to us by some smug asshole, count me in.
jerk ? (Score:5, Insightful)
benjamin franklin had the habit of stripping naked, throwing a stool in the middle of the corridor that ran through his mansion in the upper floors, open all windows on both sides of the mansion and sit there naked in the wind.
he would get arrested for it today.
and yet, he is one of the people who gave us what we have today.
tesla hated fat people and even fired a fat assistant. he openly scolded fat people in public. for being fat or eating too much.
i can go on and on with examples from important and beneficial figures in history, who shaped this current times with their very important contributions to society. ..................
unfortunately, as of today, speaking against governments not doing stuff against their people behind their back, exposing them, has become a greater evil to face than inquisition. with inquisition at least, all the people knew that you were stirring up something that was wrong, and approved you silently. but look at this discussion now - the persons who are braving the perils of going against the very bastards doing stuff behind our back, are being villified, by LITERATE and intelligent people. ..............
i dont care about 'jerk'. what i care about is, what he is doing. something we needed, and nobody was doing it.
Re:Good. But... (Score:5, Insightful)
Do you think the military, the government, banks, and multinational corporations have the wisdom and altruism to release material that reveals their own mistakes and wrongdoings?
If not, we need organisations like Wikileaks.