Julian Assange Hit Piece In New York Times

Julian Assange was absurdly smeared in a New York Times piece by William Neuman and Maggy Ayala. The report stooped as low as making reference to a claim that Assange did not flush a toilet, as if that were somewhow relevant. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks down this shoddy journalism.

Read the article here (the flush reference has been removed, as noted by Drew Grant in the New York Observer):

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/wor...

http://observer.com/2012/08/new-york-...

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[cannot771]

If a reporter brought that shit to me as an editor; they'd be back to the CornHole USA paper they started at right after college.

[Walter Tonetto]

This is very well done! Pathetic, most members of the journalist profession!

[PolymathPoet]

I LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUV YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH !!!

[Oshyrath]

My siblings never flush the toilet. Is that news worthy?

[NoIntentedPun]

Not to mention the bit stating that his show was funded by Putin was practically a lie...

He made the show and Russia paid to air it on their stations, along with around another dozen countries....

[destinysbane]

i love these rare moments when i actually agree with Cenk

[truthslap]

3:42 when was the New York Times a "great newspaper", Cenk? their sole function is to conscript and subvert progressive opinion into State approved narratives.

[truthslap]

When I feel like supporting American right-wing media who claim to be liberal leaning, I pick up a copy of the New York Times or tune into NPR.

[poninonis]

kinda dumb to be criticizing biased journalism with biased journalism. its good points (i love Julian) but try to just stick to the facts instead of getting all emotionally involved. you sound totally unprofessional and annoying.

[interuniversal321]

Does anyone under the age of 70 actually still read newspapers anyway?

[interuniversal321]

Are you speaking English? Please join the rest of us in the real world.