http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2013_08_18/Time-magazine-reporter-cant-wait-for-a-drone-strike-on-Julian-Assange-9295/Time magazine reporter 'can't wait' for a drone strike on Julian AssangeA Time magazine reporter Michael Grunwald caused ire on Twitter Saturday night when he said that he "can't wait to write a defense of the drone strike that takes out" Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.A reporter for TIME Magazine sparked a Twitter war when he said that he "can't wait to write a defence of the drone strike that takes out" Australian-born Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
© Screenshot: TwitterMichael Grunwald was pressured into deleting the offending tweet after it was greeeted with hostility online - particularly by Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian - who broke the story of NSA whistle-blower Edward Norton.
Grunwald's employer distanced itself from the tweet, saying "Michael Grunwald posted an offensive tweet from his personal Twitter account that is in no way representative of Time's views."
Assange remains holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy, as he fights attempts to extradite him to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over allegations of sexual assault.
Last month he announced the candidates who will stand for his WikiLeaks Party at the federal election.
The list includes academics, journalists and human rights activists.
Assange is seeking a Senate seat in Victoria, but it is unclear what he will do if he wins it.
He says, in theory, he could hold the seat or have a fellow WikiLeaks candidate hold the seat until he was available to assume the position himself.
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I realize this is an old article but the Headline really threw me off guard.
The first question I ask after reading it is "Why would you need a drone strike against ONE individual to start with to create a situation for Mr. Grunwald to write a defense?" OK. I get it. Journalists can TWEET mess like this, maybe because he is angry but journalists cannot report the truth as Glen Greenwald has without being called a THIEF, a flamethrower or just and all around butthole firestarter. Even if Julian Assange did leak information, which all journalists do to some extent, why would he need a drone strike against him?? Did Grunwald even think before he tweeted? This is ridiculous. Grunwalds words related to his writing a defense, but yet when reading between the lines of his tweet, I gather he wants a drone strike against him.
If I had an issue with Julian Assange, I think it would be much easier to shoot him in the ARSE with a flying tack than call out a drone strike.
I do hope Grunwald was exaggerating his words. I believe he was.
I just wonder what kind of journalist tweets this kind of stuff before thinking. He sounded like a high school boy, disturbed bully, who gets short term pleasure from torture. Hopefully he will grow out of it. =)