Truthdig Article RatingHope Grows for Assange as Biden Considers Dropping Charges - Truthdig
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| "British journalist Afshin Rattansi asked, Why has Julian Assange been put through this ordeal in the first place?Assange -- who is 52 years old and suffers from various health problems -- faces multiple U.S. charges under the Espionage Act and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for his role in publishing classified government documents, some of them revealing war crimes and other misdeeds." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "In 2010, Trump called for Assange's execution." | Negative | -62% Liberal |
| "Sreu0107ko Horvat, a Croatian philosopher and co-founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 pan-European progressive political party, said that this would be the best decision Biden ever made." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "Asked by reporters at the White House about requests from Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and members of the country's Parliament for the U.S. and United Kingdom to drop the extradition effort and charges against Assange -- an Australian citizen -- Biden said that we're considering it.Stella Assange, Julian's wife, responded to Biden's remarks on social media." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Asked by reporters at the White House about requests from Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and members of the country's Parliament for the U.S. and United Kingdom to drop the extradition effort and charges against Assange -- an Australian citizen -- Biden said that we're considering it.Stella Assange, Julian's wife, responded to Biden's remarks on social media." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said his administration is weighing the Australian government's requests to drop charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been deprived of his freedom since 2010 and is currently jailed in London's notorious Belmarsh Prison while fighting extradition to the United States." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "The tribunal gave the Biden administration until April 16 to guarantee that Assange won't face the death penalty." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "During the administration of former President Donald Trump -- who is the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee -- officials including then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo allegedly plotted to assassinate Assange to avenge WikiLeaks' publication of the Vault 7 documents exposing CIA electronic warfare and surveillance activities." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "During the administration of former President Donald Trump -- who is the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee -- officials including then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo allegedly plotted to assassinate Assange to avenge WikiLeaks' publication of the Vault 7 documents exposing CIA electronic warfare and surveillance activities." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "In 2010, Trump called for Assange's execution." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
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40% : "British journalist Afshin Rattansi asked, "Why has Julian Assange been put through this ordeal in the first place?"Assange -- who is 52 years old and suffers from various health problems -- faces multiple U.S. charges under the Espionage Act and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for his role in publishing classified government documents, some of them revealing war crimes and other misdeeds.19% : In 2010, Trump called for Assange's execution.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.