Praises & condemnations: Assange vs. Navalny

On this episode of Direct Impact, Rick Sanchez juxtaposes recently deceased Russian far-right political dissident Alexey Navalny and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Upon the news of Navalny’s death, Western media seemed already poised to jump on accusations of nefarious Russian activity and to all but immortalize him as one of the 21st century’s greatest fighters for freedom and democracy. Meanwhile, Assange languishes in a prison in the UK awaiting the potential doom of extradition to the US. So why the discrepancy? And what qualifies someone as a freedom fighter, a journalist, or an enemy of the state? To discuss all of this and more, Rick is joined by legal and media analyst Lionel.