Julian Assange interviews Hezbollah leader

WikiLeaks editor launches new TV chat show.

By George Eaton Published 17 April 2012

WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange. Photograph: Getty Images.

WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange's new chat show The World Tomorrow has made its debut on the Kremlin-funded TV channel Russia Today (an odd choice for a "freedom of information" campaigner).

His first guest was Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese political and paramilitary group Hezbollah. You can watch the interview in full below.

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Fri, 2012-08-03 06:55 — hellen89 (not verified)

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Sun, 2012-04-22 04:18 — mbrecker (not verified)

At the end of the interview, all of the crew's names were censored. Also, it's a co-production between RT and Assange's production company. Which means that if he's extradited, the US govt. will prosecute all of his staff and RT as well? Who's going to pay their legal bills if that happens?

Thu, 2012-04-19 19:45 — Dan Strandberg (not verified)

'An odd choice'?

Not really.
Assange needed a news network with international coverage. The BBC and CNN would never air a show created by an enemy of the American government, during which he interviews another who fits this bill.

The remaining options were Al-Jazeera and RT. Al-Jazeera has been blacklisted by most US cable providers, thus RT was the only logical option.

RT had no editorial control over the show and Assange espoused a position on Syria which is in direct opposition to the will of the Kremlin. But let's not let that get in the way of another tired and ill-informed dig at JA.