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Maintaining the Information Monopoly: CNN Host Lies to Viewers About WikiLeaks

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As WikiLeaks unveils emails from John Podesta, the campaign chair of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the mainstream American press has bent over backwards to keep the revelations out of the spotlight, instead focusing on Clinton’s controversial opponent, Donald Trump.

Over the weekend, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo took this effort to downplay the Podesta leaks to a new low.

"Remember, it’s illegal to possess these stolen documents," he told viewers Sunday morning.
This is screen image of the website of the Twitter verified account of Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta. It appeared late Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, someone hacked Podesta's verified Twitter account and posted a message saying he had switched teams and was supporting Trump - Sputnik International
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"It’s different for the media. So everything you learn about this you’re learning from us."

Critics were quick to point out, however, that Cuomo’s assertion was incorrect.

"It’s interesting to remember that merely going to the WikiLeaks website to view the Podesta emails is not a crime," The Inquisitor noted.

"They are now in the public domain, and millions of people are likely rifling through them right this minute."

Cuomo’s attempt to dissuade the American public from reading the WikiLeaks documents could have something to do with the fact that several of the emails reveal unethical connections between the mainstream media and the Clinton campaign.

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One email, between CNN political commentator Donna Brazile and Clinton’s director of communications Jennifer Palmieri, appears to show the former providing the Democratic campaign with a debate questions ahead of the event.

"Here’s one that worries me about HRC," reads an email from Brazile that is followed by a question about the death penalty.

Brazile has denied that the email states what it seems to imply.

In this Oct. 4, 2016 file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange participates via video link at a news conference marking the 10th anniversary of the secrecy-spilling group in Berlin. WikiLeaks said on Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, that Assange's internet access has been cut by an unidentified state actor. - Sputnik International
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WikiLeaks continues to release batches of the Podesta emails, of which it claims to have over 50,000. The latest collection was unveiled on Sunday, meaning that over 12,000 of the emails are available for viewing by the public, at the time of this article’s publication.

CNN may not be the only organization attempting to cover up the leaks. On Monday, WikiLeaks reported that the internet link belonging to founder Julian Assange was "intentionally severed by a state party."

The transparency organization claims the Ecuadorian government was behind the incident. Assange currently resides in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

WikiLeaks has vowed to continue releasing the emails.

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