Intercept's Greenwald Bashes Media's Distortion of Facts in Assange's Case

The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald along with Wikileaks took to Twitter over the last 24 hours to debunk some of the misinformation surrounding Julian Assange's status percolating in mainstream media channels.

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Greenwald, Wikileaks and others made the comments after the sensational headlines and reporting in media publications such as the NY Post, the Telegraph and others, which stated that Assange was being "kicked out", "removed" or expelled from Ecuador's embassy. 

While Ecuador stated: "We will continue to protect Julian Assange", the NY Post reported, "Julian Assange might be getting kicked out of Ecuador's embassy," with the Telegraph positing "Ecuador could remove Julian Assange from London embassy as situation 'not sustainable" and the Australian saying: "It seems Julian Assange may have finally overstayed his welcome at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London."

Zeit online, went one step further, stating, "His stay here has become intolerable." 

"Journalistic falsehoods and abject recklessness don't become noble or even tolerable just because it's used to malign someone you hate," Greenwald tweeted, referring to a tweet posted by Wikileaks, which said, "A look at the propaganda press. Ecuador states "We will continue to protect @JulianAssange" that it is an "untenable situation" to have him detained in the U.K. for 5.5 years and wants a third state to mediate." 

"All of these headlines from major papers are literally the exact opposite of what Ecuador said - which is that it's past time to resolve his situation - but since WikiLeaks & Assange are hated, nobody cares, no journalism standards apply. Just make it up," Greenwald wrote on Twitter.

Julian Assange is registered with the Civil Registry of Ecuador as "Julian Paul Assange" with the identification number 1729926483, which only includes Ecuadorean citizens, according to Reuters. However, the Ecuadorean foreign ministry has neither declined nor confirmed Wikileaks Founder's citizenship status, saying, it wouldn't confirm any "distorted or out-of-context information." 

The U.K. denied Assange who has been in asylum in the U.K.'s Ecuadorean embassy a diplomatic status, Reuters has reported. 

“The government of Ecuador recently requested diplomatic status for Mr. Assange here in the U.K.,” the spokesman said. “The U.K. did not grant that request, nor are we in talks with Ecuador on this matter.”

“Ecuador knows that the way to resolve this issue is for Julian Assange to leave the embassy to face justice,” the spokesman added.

Ecuador's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, "Julian Assange got international protection from the Ecuadorean government in August 2012." 

"The national government has complied with the Constitution, international conventions and the law, acting with the prudence and caution that warrants the protection of human rights and the defense of the right of asylum."