When the "real" journalists won't stand up for "non-real" journalists like Assange, they have to expect the same treatment will be meted out to them also.
That's also true, sadly, but: if they all get the Assange treatment tough, who's gonna remain writing articles? The regime-backed, state-obeying writers.
When the "real" journalists won't stand up for "non-real" journalists like Assange, they have to expect the same treatment will be meted out to them also.