Newly Published Clinton Email Reveals How Government Manipulates MediaBy Carey Wedler In an email from January 28, 2011, Philip J. Crowley, then Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, alerted Hillary Clinton that 60 Minutes conducted an interview with Assange set to air on the 30th. As Crowley informed her, We had made a number of suggestions for outside experts and former diplomats to interview to balance the piece. This statement alone shows the access to media that powerful government agents enjoy. He goes on to further reveal that influence: 60 Minutes assures me that they raised a number of questions and concerns we planted with them during the course of the interview, Crowley said, suggesting the interview would not be embarrassing to Clinton or the State Department: We will be prepared to respond to the narrative Assange presents during the program. The 2011 interview features a younger looking Assange with interviewer Steve Kroft. Several minutes into the conversation, Kroft asks Assange point-blank if he is a subversive. Interestingly, the only politician Assange names directly in his response is Clinton herself: Im sure there are certain views among Hillary Clinton and her lot that we are subverting their authority. But youre right, we are subverting illegitimate authority. The question is whether the authority is legitimate or whether it is illegitimate. Kroft pushed Assange regarding accusations that sensitive information about government operators was leaked to terrorists: There have been reports of people quoting Taliban leaders saying they had the names of these people and they were going to take retribution, he commented. Assange retaliated that the Taliban is not a coherent group, though he did not deny the dangers of releasing information. Other notable, potentially planted statements and questions? Theres a perception on the part of some people who believe that your agenda right now is anti-American, Kroft said to Assange, who dismissed that notion by highlighting the fact that Americans send Wikileaks information and it is in the revolutionary spirit to do so. Kroft pushed, Someone in the Australian government said that, Look, if you play outside the rules you cant expect to be protected by the rules. And you played outside the rules. Youve played outside the United States rules. Assange reminded him that he had not sought out classified information and rather, it was provided to him. He explained: There is the First Amendment. It covers the case. And theres been no precedent that Im aware of in the past 50 years of prosecuting a publisher for espionage. It is just not done. Those are the rules. You do not do it.Assange dismissed ideas that he should be prosecuted. When accusing Assange of espionage didnt work, Kroft tried another angle. He suggested that if Julian Assange was not punished, it would set a dangerous precedent for others to leak classified documents. Kroft said: if they dont come after you now that what they have done is essentially endorsed small, powerful organization with access to very powerful information releasing it outside their control. And if they let you get away it, then they are encouraging Assange interrupted: Then what? They will have to have freedom of the press? After a brief and tense exchange, Assange asserted, If were talking about creating threats to small publishers to stop them publishing, the U.S. has lost its way. It has abrogated its founding traditions. It has thrown the First Amendment in the bin. Because publishers must be free to publish. Ironically, throughout their conversation about free speech and the freedom of the press, Kroft was feeding him questions straight from the mouth of government more specifically, a government agency with a probable vendetta against Assange for releasing embarrassing information. The government is no stranger to manipulating the media. It was recently revealed that the CIA heavily influenced the bin-Laden-themed film, Zero Dark Thirty. The military regularly reviews films with military-subject matter and helps dictate content. The New York Times presented information in a way that deceptively downplayed the CIAs operations in Syria, a move many view as a consequence of the agencys decades-old efforts to manipulate the media. News of the State Departments manipulation of Assanges interview is not a revelation. Nevertheless, it constitutes yet another crack in the facade of carefully crafted sound bites and the subtle, yet potent, manipulation of information. As Edward Snowden, who recently joined Twitter, posted, Edward Snowden (@Snowden) October 1, 2015 This article (Newly Published Clinton Email Reveals How Government Manipulates Media) is free and open source. You have permission to republish this article under a Creative Commons license with attribution to Michaela Whittonand theAntiMedia.org. Anti-Media Radio airs weeknights at 11pm Eastern/8pm Pacific. If you spot a typo, emailedits@theantimedia.org. William Colby, the only reasonably honest director of the CIA, said, The CIA owns everyone of any significance in the major media.(about 1975). As VP to Reagan, GHWBush appointed William Casey, to Director, CIA. Casey said, Well know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false. (from first, general staff meeting, 1981). The CIA has not stopped its disinformation program. The missing chapter from the Reagan-Bush administration explains how Bush and the CIA used major media and MKUltra techniques to brainwash Americans during the treasonous, Iran-Contra affair. http://www.globalresearch.ca/cia-media-disinformation-and-us-proxy-wars-fallouts-of-iran-contras-lost-chapter/5326764 The major media tells us that ISIS is the Islamic State, and murders Christians. Veteranstoday.com acquired documentation from computer hackers that Israel and Netanyahu are directing ISIS. http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/07/11/hack-of-netanyahu-chief-of-staff-shows-israeli-control-of-isis/ Christians and Moslems are being murdered, while ISIS wounded were flown to Israeli hospitals for treatment. http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Report-Israel-treating-al-Qaida-fighters-wounded-in-Syria-civil-war-393862 Major media picture Russia as a terrorist, instead of the CIA/MOSSAD/Saudi Arabia. 