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How Julian Assange Fooled the Media Once Again

The media slobbered over the latest Julian Assange “revelations” of already-public documents, while another much more important investigation based on true reporting was largely ignored.

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Last week an organization run by a crusading Australian journalist, working in concert with mainstream media outlets like The Guardian and The Washington Post, facilitated a series of blockbuster stories based on 2 million leaked documents—an astonishing 200 gigabytes of data—detailing the secret offshore holdings of the ultra-rich.

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The revelations were...

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