"Cancel culture" is political correctness 2.0 – a sad truth in all of this is that Julian Assange was among its first victims in the first wave. The left-leaning press reported he was the subject of sexual misconduct allegations and he was off-limits ever since. https://twitter.com/Tareq_Haddad/status/1295073416597446660

A handful knew these were suspicious, journalists included. Nonetheless, the journalistic shorthand became: "Julian Assange, the subject of a Swedish rape investigation." Iterations of this line were printed in every news story across the world.

Ten years on, stories like this one get missed: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Sex-accusers-boasted-about-their-conquest-of-WikiLeaks-founder-Julian-Assange/articleshow/7068149.cms

And publications like The @nytimes and The @guardian are yet to address what really took place in places like Sweden. "The left" – in whatever form or label you like – completely failed Assange.