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Freedom of the Press is More Than Just a Slogan.
This is a whole lot bigger than Julian Assange.
As cliché as it sounds, freedom of the press is the cornerstone of every single free, functioning society that exists in our world today. Freedom of the press is not only vital in providing the public with necessary information about government actions, but it can be attributed to our freedom as well. When the press is free, our ability to take in and interpret accurate information is free. If the press is free, so are our thoughts. But at what point does that freedom we cherish become nothing more than an illusion?
In the United States, it begins slowly.
It begins with a closed door that ever so quietly gets opened, and they wait with patience until the time is right to walk right through it. It begins with a desperate attempt to justify certain actions in the name of safety and security, in order to make the actions more palatable. They instill fear, testing the waters until the time is right.
When it comes to Julian Assange, both sides of the political isle in Washington fall back on one thing: national security. But the reality is that Julian Assange has been a danger to nothing except the illusion of our freedoms that the government has so artfully crafted. Because of his journalism, we know things the…
