WikiLeaks’ Assange: Liberal Media ‘Erecting A Demon’ in Clinton

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says, the liberal media is “falling over themselves” in their defense of Hillary Clinton and are “erecting a demon.”

Article by Eric Sheiner

“The American liberal media is falling over themselves to defend Hillary Clinton – erecting a demon who is going to put nooses around everyone’s necks as soon as she wins this election -which she is almost certainly going to do,” Assange said during a New York Times Facebook interview yesterday.

“That attempted reframing by Hillary Clinton, to declare media organizations that are publishing material that shows illicit behavior in the DNC (Democratic National Committee) to fix the election for her – as us somehow being Russian agents – similar criticism has emerged from her campaign to the intercept.”

Assange says the Clinton effort has led to both GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein being called Russian agents.

“This is a neo-McCarthyist hysteria,” Assange said. “What kind of press environment is this going to lead to post-election?”

In July, Democratic National Committee chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) resigned from her position after WikiLeaks released DNC emails indicating party officials had favored Clinton during the primaries against Sen. Bernie Sanders.

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