The Arrest of Julian Assange

          As you know, Julian Assange has been arrested.

          What words come to mind?  Let’s see…

          Horrifying?

          Troubling?

          Scary?

          Intriguing?

          Sad?

          Personally, I think it’s a combination of all of the above due to several reasons.  Now, understand something, Assange has the amazing ability to frustrate you, tick you off and make you think which makes him the shining example of what a real media outlet should be.  Yeah, I’ve questioned his motivations and his timing but who hasn’t done the same thing when they found out something called ‘valuable information.’  So, let me add another word to describe the feelings after his arrest:

          Uneasiness.

          Why uneasiness?  Julian Assange provided us with a valuable outlet.  He made sure that people knew what was really ‘going on.’  America lives with the idea of a free press which is laughable but we, the general public, really never question it because we knew for years that at least Assange was out there to ‘set us straight.’  Now, take a look at how the press is reacting to this and watch them in the upcoming weeks.  The public’s right-to-know will be punished more than ever now due to their gloating over the arrest of Julian Assange.  I don’t like the way this is going, right now, and I don’t like how this will probably end up.

          And I have a sneaky feeling that RT (at least in America) might be gone from the airwaves next.