THIS JUST IN: Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange to Speak at SXSW 2014
He is America’s second favorite soubrette of treason, because that’s admirable to hipsters.
To wit, Julian Assange is being rewarded with even more fame and notoriety for spilling America’s secrets on the Web — he is now a keynote presenter at one of the nation’s greatest gaggles of creatives, South by Southwest (SXSW).
If you want to hear how Edward Snowden got away with his royalty-free sedition, get your tickets fast because this dance card will fill up—and SXSW will collect the cash.
My question is…why?
Is watching Julian Assange the train wreck you hold up traffic to check out? And, is SXSW just holding traffic cones to draw your attention to said carnage because it’s good for ratings?
The anti-censorship activist will engage in this extremely rare public interview to discuss the pervasive spread of surveillance, advantages and abuses of the digital age, and the future of democracy.
That was SXSW’s direct response when asked...
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