This weekend, WikiLeaks reportedly sent journalists a “confidential” list of 140 “false and defamatory” things not to write about the organisation. Now that a version of that list has leaked, WikiLeaks seems to have revised it—apparently omitting portions where it told news outlets Julian Assange isn’t a stinky cat abuser who lives under stairs.
It is false and defamatory to suggest that Julian Assange, or his mother, or his father, is, or was ever, a member of a cult.It is false and defamatory to suggest that Julian Assange bleaches his hair.It is false and defamatory to suggest that Julian Assange’s mother is, or ever was, a “hippie”.It is false and defamatory to suggest that Julian Assange is a communist.It is false and defamatory to suggest that Julian Assange stinks.It is false and defamatory to suggest that Julian Assange has ever tortured a cat or dog.It is false and defamatory to suggest that Julian Assange does not use cutlery or does not wash his hands.It is false and defamatory to suggest that Julian Assange lives, or has ever lived, in a basement, cupboard or under the stairs.It is false and defamatory to suggest that Julian Assange has ever played soccer or used a skateboard during week days or office hours at the embassy.It is false and defamatory to suggest that WikiLeaks or Julian Assange is tied to, or is close to, the Kremlin.It is false and defamatory to suggest that WikiLeaks or Julian Assange shared documents with a dictator.It is false and defamatory to suggest that Julian Assange or WikiLeaks ever employed, or contracted, a holocaust denier.It is false and defamatory to suggest that Julian Assange has ever insisted on Russian bodyguards