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Craig Murray? No he is a blogger, thus well inside the definition of a reporter in this web era. If you prefer I would change reporter into blogger. He is also a former diplomate, but that does not matter for this news.

Quoting Craig Murray:

"Then on Tuesday morning, a large Police van full of police pulled up onto the pavement right outside my front gate, actually while I was talking on the phone to a senior political figure about the raid on my friend. The police just sat in the van staring at my house. I contacted my lawyers who contacted the Crown Office. The police van pulled away and my lawyers contacted me back to say that the Crown Office had told them I would be charged, or officially “cited”, with Contempt of Court, but they agreed there was no need for a search of my home or to remove my devices, or for vans full of police."



> From the linked site: Only supporters of Alex Salmond – the Alex Salmond found innocent by the jury – are being pursued by this continuing Police Scotland operation.

When you become a "supporter", you cease to be a journalist. You become an advocate.


He is committed to Assange's cause, that's right.

However he allowed very precious information on how the trial was held to reach the public.

This is why his reporting, while not neutral, is very important.

I have not used the term "journalist" but reporter in the original title. Is "reporter" inaccurate too in your opinion?




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