I think he is being done wrong, through and through.

HOWEVER, my analysis is his situation is strictly through a criminal justice lens. everyone is caught up the drama of his situation. but the truth we have 2 million people behind bars. he is facing 165 years or something. that's completely absurd, but not too unusual. i don't think Assange deserves any more attention than the other nameless 10's of thousands that face similarly abusive prosecutions year after year. nor do i think erosion of "freedom of the press" is more offensive than the day to day erosions of other important "freedoms" that are guaranteed by right, but in practice they have been almost completely neutered. i mean, pick an amendment, and you can find a thousand routine examples the "erosion" of that right to the detriment of free society.

the reason there is such a spotlight on the Assange case is because his prosecution threatens the professional class instead of the riff raff, and once you realize that, it becomes extremely frustrating. even his 7 year stint on house arrest in an upscale london flat, with full internet and visitor access 5+ years of it, until his sanity started slipping and he became unruly. i guarantee you find anyone facing 7 years in a US prison, and they would kill a man for a chance to finish their time under house arrest. i can't find any reason to feel sympathy for him over the other 2 million. and the fact everyone wants to frame it as some kind of bond villan state department scandal and not simply the boring dystopia of our broken criminal legal system is honestly kind of offensive. not directed at you, but the professional class and all the people left and left-ish who have been lapping it up uncritically. i have not seen even one single person (prominent or random) post about the Assange ordeal through a criminal justice lens. not one.