"An Open Letter from Editors and Publishers: Publishing is Not a Crime" https://www.nytco.com/press/an-open-letter-from-editors-and-publishers-publishing-is-not-a-crime/

#Assange is not a journalist but the leader of a private intelligence service that he used to pursue his own personal vendettas. Insofar the talk about the freedom of the press is misguided and misleading and Assange not an example for the claim that that it is in jeopardy.

That doesn't change the fact that Assange in his years of solitary confinement in Belmarsh Prison endured brutal isolation torture. For this treatment he is entitled to full compensation and restitution. It is for this reason, and not some alleged danger to the freedom of the press, that I support and endorse his immediate release, his full restitution, and compensation for all the damages inflicted on him.