Hello and welcome to cross talk were all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle summoned media and even some politicians are giving Julian Assange new look and its no wonder a case can be made the u. S. Crusade against assad is a blueprint for criminalizing journalism what fate is in store for us will journalism suffer the same. Cross talking Julian Assange im joined by my guest under walker in london he is a new York Observer columnist and in los angeles we crossed he is a comedian a frequent guest on the jimmy door show and the young turks as well as host of his own streaming show get your news on with ron cross talk rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate ill go to ron because you got up early as for this program and i much appreciate it i always do that i think. Theres been a number of articles coming out one notable is by joe lauria at the Consortium News that there are a number of politicians and even Media Outlets are taking a 2nd look afte