{"id":197583,"date":"2021-10-18T12:01:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T11:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=197583"},"modified":"2021-10-15T04:37:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T03:37:16","slug":"netflix-to-launch-wikileaks-smear-job-three-days-before-assange-court-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2021\/10\/netflix-to-launch-wikileaks-smear-job-three-days-before-assange-court-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix to Launch WikiLeaks Smear Job Three Days Before Assange Court Date"},"content":{"rendered":"

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14 Oct 2021 – <\/em>Netflix will begin streaming a brazen hatchet job on Julian Assange and WikiLeaks for its U.S. subscribers on October 24th, just three days prior to a significant court date<\/a> in Assange\u2019s fight against extradition from the UK to the United States on October 27th.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou can stream We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks on Netflix starting\u00a0Sunday, October 24, 2021, at 12 AM PT \/ 3 AM ET,\u201d Netflix Schedule reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We Steal Secrets was a \u201cdocumentary\u201d that is now so outdated beyond its 2013 release that one of its central characters, Chelsea Manning, is referred to by a dead name throughout its entirety. Why choose this specific moment to release it?<\/p>\n

Well it doesn\u2019t make much sense at all, if the timing wasn\u2019t deliberately geared toward damaging Assange\u2019s reputation in the nation whose government is trying to extradite him for exposing its war crimes. Assange\u2019s October court date was set way back in August<\/a> and Netflix didn\u2019t announce it had scheduled to begin streaming this film until two weeks ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Three days before a crucial court hearing \u2013 as Julian Assange fights against extradition to a US super-max prison \u2013 Netflix is showing Alex Gibney's execrable propaganda film We Steal Secrets. I wrote a post detailing its smears at the time of its release https:\/\/t.co\/lJJUoerJDq<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/BMpNrg2h4i<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jonathan Cook (@Jonathan_K_Cook) October 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n