During the interview he makes a very good point about news bias and censorship in media by national ruling class interests. The implication is that one can often get access to coverage about events from media outlets that are located in other countries where the same interests do not exist. From my own experience spending time in foreign countries, I found this to be so true. Hence, it follows that if Assange's interviews were to offend Russian ruling class interests, he would find immediate pressures to shape his coverage accordingly.
RT: RT aims to provide this kind of alternative view to those aired by the international mainstream channels. Is your choice of RT as the platform for your interview show your kind of response to that mainstream media?
JA: It is a response seeing that a lot of the things that we have been trying to report have not been carried accurately in the mainstream press. There are many, many fine exceptions but when we look at international networks there’s really only two that are worth speaking about, and that’s RT and Al Jazeera. The other international networks, as far as WikiLeaks issues are concerned, are too busy considering their own national agenda.
Now, if WikiLeaks had been producing voluminous material about Russia, perhaps that situation would be different. But in the case that we are in at the moment, our major confrontation is with the West, although we have published material for many countries.For more information on his show entitled "The World Tomorrow", which will be premiering tomorrow at 7:30 AM New York time or 10:30 AM Seattle time, check out this link from RT.
The first-episode, with a notorious guest who's identity is still under wraps, will coincide with the 500th day of financial blockade on Wikileaks. The countdown for "The World Tomorrow" begins today.
